Turkey accessions negotiations rapporteur Kati Piri called today the EU leaders to meet with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and ask if his country still wants to join the European club in the wake of a referendum that gave him massive powers, according to EUObserver, a major Brussels media outlet.

More specifically Kati Piri told EUObserver that “EU and Turkish relations are at their lowest point ever, it would have been timely for EU leaders to call for a meeting with the Turkish government, and ask them where do they want to go with the accession”.

“Ιnvite him [Erdogan] to Brussels and ask him what he wants,” Piri said. “We have to be able to sit down and talk, even if it won`t be a pleasant talk.”

The European Parliament`s rapporteur on Turkey told EUObserver that “the European Commission`s call on Turkey to investigate reported fraud and irregularities during the referendum was the least the EU executive could do.”