strasbourg european parliament propose wednesday reduce eu fund turkey link stall bid join bloc call eu leaders expect back give deteriorate relations ankara 217 million euros set go turkey reform infrastructure agriculture 2018 eu lawmakers agree cut 80 million euros 50 million euros cut first 30-million-euro reduction turkey improve human right record turkey respect freedom speech freedom expression human right drift away european democratic standards say centre-right lawmaker siegfried muresan lead budget discussions pretend see tell reuters emphasize cut would affect money earmark political reform infrastructure farm eu leaders must still sign cut expect agreement summit last week reduce so-called pre-accession aid mean help eu candidate countries prepare membership german chancellor angela merkel press action turkey re-election campaign describe turkish behavior human right unacceptable brussels last thursday european parliament decision come first day trial istanbul 11 human right activists turkey include german swedish national eu summit 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 2005 decades seek formal start eu membership bid ankara membership negotiations always sensitive france germany turkey 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 aside money eu give turkey part 2016 migration deal ankara set receive 4.4 billion euros eu 2014 2020. eu governments want money go non-governmental group turkey ankara eu lawmakers propose cut aid turkey tie membership bid