EU leaders edge toward pledge from Turkey to save summit
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Turkey could be asked only for a verbal commitment to recognise Cyprus before it can join the European Union, EU sources said as leaders sought to strike a deal logjamming a key summit.
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The European Union is set to firm up its strategic partnership with India at a summit meeting at The Hague on Monday, officials said, adding that counterterrorism efforts would also be in focus.
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European Union leaders will seek at a summit starting Thursday to reassure skeptical voters by toughening policy on further enlargement of the bloc while leaving the door ajar for a queue of aspiring nations.
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European Union leaders meet in Brussels this week to decide whether to open talks with Turkey on its controversial bid to join the bloc.
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European leaders will seek to reassure sceptical voters at a summit starting on Thursday by toughening policy on enlargement of the European Union, without though slamming the door on a queue of aspiring ...Comment
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European Union leaders gathered on  Thursday for a summit aimed at setting ambitious goals to fight  climate change in a move the bloc hopes will spur the United  States and other big polluters to follow suit.
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European Union leaders inched tentatively toward a deal on a new treaty of reforms early Saturday after a German showdown with Poland, as a key EU summit moved into its third day.
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The European Parliament on Wednesday urged EU leaders to open entry talks with Turkey &quot;without undue delay&quot; in a non-binding but influential resolution that was approved after heated debate.
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Turkey moved closer to winning a date for the start of European Union entry negotiations after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged to heal Turkey&#39;s diplomatic standoff with new EU member Cyprus.
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HAMISH ROBERTSON: In an historic decision, the leaders of the European Union have agreed to open membership talks with Turkey, after the Turkish Prime Minister pledged to recognise the Greek-Cypriot Government next year.
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European leaders will seek to reassure  sceptical voters at a summit starting on Thursday by toughening  policy on enlargement of the European Union, without though  slamming the door on a queue of aspiring nations.
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On the eve of a landmark summit at  which EU leaders will decide on opening membership talks with  Turkey, the final elements of a compromise package on the terms  for the negotiations was emerging.
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The European Commission president  urged Turkey on Thursday to go the extra mile to show Europeans  it is ready for EU membership talks as the bloc prepared to  approve them despite misgivings by many voters.
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BRUSSELS: The European Commission president last night urged Turkey to &quot;go the extra mile&quot; to show Europeans it is ready for EU membership talks as the bloc prepared to approve them despite misgivings by many voters.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his Dutch counterpart, Jan Peter Balkenende, called for a clear signal for Turkey&#39;s accession to the European Union (EU) at Friday&#39;s EU summit.
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The European Commission president  urged Turkey on Thursday to "go the extra mile" to show  Europeans it is ready for EU membership talks as the bloc  prepared to approve them despite misgivings by many voters.
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The moment of truth is approaching for Turkey&#39;s bid to join the European Union, EU enlargement chief Guenter Verheugen said Monday, as European leaders prepare to decide whether to open membership talks with the mainly Muslim country.