Merkel's terrified of Erdogan, who is reportedly "in talks". In 2016 he made her kick up more money that she probably had to get from Soros or QE2.
As I saw that all unfold, I looked at Crazy Erdogan with new eyes. Yeah he's a bad cookie, but Putin seems to be able to handle him, better than the EU, …and he's chompin at the bit to be a full member of the EU!
Wonder why that is? IDK but gotta love the guy for scaring the shit out of most of the EU powers.