Blair Gets Key Role in EU Talks to Admit Turkey
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Tony Blair will offer to champion Turkeyâs EU membership bid today after wining support from fellow European leaders for the countryâs controversial accession talks to begin in October.
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Turkey&#39;s bid to join the EU will enter a new phase on Wednesday (6 October) when the European Commission will publish a report expected to play a decisive role in whether the country is given a starting date for accession talks.
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Turkey has given human rights guarantees that set the stage for a recommendation that it should begin membership talks with the European Union, the top EU officials in charge of the negotiations said Thursday.
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Tony Blair will have a showpiece start to Britain&#39;s presidency of the European Union next year, overseeing the beginning of membership talks with Turkey.
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Turkey's PM Erdogan visits Brussels to put his case for Turkey to start formal talks on joining the EU.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair ended his swansong appearance on the international stage on a high note Saturday, helping clinch a deal for a new EU treaty and trumpeting that Europe was turning Britain&#39;s way.
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As expected, the European Commission&#39;s report on Turkey has recommended that EU membership negotiations with this country should start.
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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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Turkey took a significant step Wednesday toward its long-cherished goal of joining the European Union when the EU&#39;s executive branch proposed opening formal negotiations
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ISTANBUL -- The European Union's decision to start membership talks with Turkey gives the Muslim country a new position in Europe and the Islamic world, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said yesterday.
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Tony Blair should be given a broader role as Middle East envoy, say Palestinian negotiators.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has met his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in London for talks focussed on the Muslim state's bid to join the European Union.
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Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende was to start a last round of consultations with European Union leaders next week on Turkey&#39;s membership bid to try to get agreement
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Tony Blair has spoken to President Bush about a role as a Middle East envoy, a White House official says.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Ankara ahead of a Middle East tour aimed at advancing the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process and discussing Turkey's EU ambitions.
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THE European Union has offered to start membership negotiations with Turkey, opening the way for the EUâs borders to reach Iraq and Iran, and for a poor Muslim nation in Asia to become the largest member of the Union.
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TONY Blair was tonight set to press for the start of European Union membership talks with Turkey during Britainâs EU presidency in the second half of next year.