European Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn said on Friday that the ideal situation for Turkey would be to discontinue its bid for European Union membership, two days after the European Parliament accepted a report seeking suspension of membership talks with Turkey.

“Sports tourism can help and strengthen the 12-month running of our group, which is already open in mid-February and closes in late November”.

Two Turkish F-16 fighter jets flew over the Greek island of Oinousses and Panagia, nearly at the same time as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was making statements threatening Greece and justifying the violations of Greek airspace over the Aegean Sea.