State of the Union: Parliament president race heats up and EU-Turkey relations under pressure

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This is “State of the Union,” Euronews’ weekly round-up of the top stories from the past seven days.

In this episode: the race heats up for the European Parliament presidency after Martin Schulz revealed that he won’t stand again; EU-Turkey relations under pressure after MEPs voted to freeze membership talks; the EU’s big defence plan; and Cheers! – Belgian beer is listed as intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO.