He said this in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

According to Kern, Europe will never be able to digest Turkey's entry purely for economic reasons.

At the same time, he noted that Turkey needs to identify the position that it is not a candidate country for joining the European Union.

Since, human rights violations in Turkey exceed all norms.

The Chancellor also considers "the act of dictatorial power" the actions of the Turkish authorities against human rights defenders, journalists and individual members of parliament.

In addition, the Austrian Chancellor added that the EU simply can not pay for the implementation of constitutional reforms in Turkey.

Recall, as reported, "URA-Inform," German Foreign Minister Zigmar Gabriel earlier said about the change in German foreign policy towards Turkey. The changes are related to the arrests of German journalists and human rights activists.