The political rewards of the new migrant deal may be a glimmer of hope for Turkey to refresh its efforts to join the European Union. But French President Francois Hollande says that negotiating with Turkey does not translate into a membership.
"There is no change in the position of France nor in position of Europe. The position of France is that negotiating does not mean membership, and that the negotiations do not in any way presuppose what the result may be. European position, there are chapters, 35, and we are, if I may say, only at the beginning or the middle, maybe, of the process that will take still years and years," he said.
