brussels european union set cut 175 million euros turkey 2018 link ankara stall bid join bloc could block 3.5 billion euros development loan earmark country lawmakers diplomats say symbolic stand deteriorate human right turkey 2018 cut likely start longer-term reduction pre-accession aid mean help eu candidate countries prepare membership long turkey respect freedom speech human right drift away european democratic standards finance regime eu fund say siegfried muresan european parliament chief budget negotiator two eu diplomats say eu governments agree european parliament week withdraw 105 million euros would go help finance political reform turkey well hold back another 70 million euros ankara still access 70 million euros improve right record muresan say signal slow collapse turkey decades-long attempt join european union cut deep initial proposal reduce fund 80 million euros next year follow call action german chancellor angela merkel re-election campaign describe turkish behavior human right unacceptable aside money eu give turkey part 2016 migration deal ankara set receive 4.4 billion euros eu 2014 2020. eu governments want freeze fund go non-governmental group turkey ankara next week eu governments lawmakers set decide whether ankara also lose access 3.5 billion euros european investment bank loan earmark turkey 2020 yet assign likely make available ukraine former soviet republics diplomats say merkel say rule law turkey move wrong direction reference large-scale purge president tayyip erdogan carry follow fail coup attempt july 2016. eu condemn coup attempt scope erdogan response detention u.s. european citizens include dual nationals jib germany call nazi-like behavior sour eu-turkey tie erdogan say purge across society necessary maintain stability nato country border iraq syria launch 2015 decades ankara seek formally start eu membership bid turkey eu membership negotiations always sensitive france germany status large mainly muslim country officially freeze despite call austria formally scrap turkey eu membership program part eu rely ankara take syrian refugees return billions euros aid majority eu countries lead germany netherlands say long make sense fund political reform turkey formal eu membership talk take place since last year warn ankara eu cut fund turkey 's membership bid