Merkel: Turkey-EU talks will be long
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday that Turkey's membership talks with the European Union would be a "long road," but that Berlin is committed to seeing negotiations progress.
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European Union leaders stuck to their positions on a new treaty to govern the 27-nation bloc at a summit on Thursday, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said it was too soon to say if a deal could be reached.
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Turkey is battling with the European Union to overcome divisions over Cyprus, immigration and farm policy that stand as the final obstacles to EU entry talks, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said Friday he was sure the EU would start membership talks with Turkey next October 3, after leaders agreed a compromise accord clearing the way for the negotiations.
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Turkey's Prime Minister kept the EU waiting on Friday on whether he would accept the terms of its historic offer to start accession negotiations, leaving late-night talks with the bloc's presidency without a deal.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he had told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that European Union leaders should avoid &quot;a historic mistake&quot; when they discuss Turkey's membership bid next week.
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Two EU reports on Turkey's membership bid suggest negotiations could take at least 10 years.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday there were still problems to be solved on a reform treaty for the European Union but she was working hard and everyone was doing their best.
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Turkish PM Erdogan tells the EU not to meddle in his country's internal affairs over delays in passing reforms.
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By Noah BarkinBERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel will highlight the robust economic and human ties between Germany and Turkey on a visit this week, but also deliver a firm message to Ankara on its troubled bid ...Comment
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The European Union spelled out tough conditions on Friday for Turkey to start membership talks next October ahead of final bargaining with the Turkish prime minister at a landmark summit.
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Turkey expects its troubled European  Union membership talks to move forward before the end of the  year with the opening of some policy chapters in negotiations,  Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said on Tuesday.
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French President Jacques Chirac may have presided over the European Union's longest summit, but that did not prevent him from giving Germany's Angela Merkel some advice on Friday on how to keep meetings short.
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Negotiations with Turkey over possible membership of the European Union could help make Europe a safer place, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said in an interview to be published Monday.
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The European Union will not set Turkey any fresh conditions to fulfil in order to gain a date to start entry talks with the bloc, EU Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen said on Wednesday.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on the leaders of the European Union's 27 nations to resolve deep divisions over the future of the expanding bloc as they gathered Thursday for a summit to discuss an EU constitution.
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ANKARA, Oct 2  - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that his country&#39;s drive to join the European Union will dominate his talks with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder during a brief visit to Berlin.