A woman in Bavaria votes in the Turkish referendum held earlier this month to essentially expand presidential powers. If Turkey decides to hold a referendum on reinstating the death penalty, Germany could legally block Turks within its borders from voting, according to an official government assessment. “Regardless of this, the federal government will not support any initiative to introduce the death penalty,” Roth said. “No referendum can be given on German soil that would lead to the introduction of the death penalty,” Scheuer said. He further called for coordinated European action to not allow voting, should Erdogan go forward with his death penalty referendum suggestion.

Source: The Local April 28, 2017 14:03 UTC