A deal with Turkey to stanch the flow of refugees may be the European Union's last hope to find a solution
Many are shocked that the EU has made such a lavish offer when Mr Erdogan has nothing but contempt for Europe's values and is undermining the independence of Turkey's courts and media. Some EU members, particularly those with strong right-wing parties, regard visa-free travel as "very sensitive and problematic", says Camino Mortera-Martinez of the Centre for European Reform, a think-tank.