Exactly. This was a brilliant choice of action. And Merkel is blatantly telling the Turks how different things are handled in the EU. Without giving Erdogan (sh

Exactly. This was a brilliant choice of action. And Merkel is blatantly telling the Turks how different things are handled in the EU. Without giving Erdogan (she needs him) grounds for feeling disrespected. This is now out of the hands of government and will be settled in court. In an independent court that the government will not mess with. That she emphasized the freedom of speech, freedeom of press and freedom of art several times in her speech is just the cherry on the cake.