EU Wants Turkey To Explain Withdrawal of Bill
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European Union Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen on Saturday called on Turkey to clarify its decision to withdraw a key bill reforming its penal code, during talks with Turkey&#39;s EU ambassador.
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The European Commission president urged Turkey on Thursday 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 EU voters.
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The European Commission said on Wednesday it was recommending a partial suspension of Turkey's negotiations to join the European Union after Ankara failed to open its ports to EU member Cyprus.
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Turkey signaled growing unease on Monday that the European Union wants to impose special conditions on its drive to join the wealthy bloc and insisted it must be treated in the same way as any other candidate country.
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Turkey&#39;s parliament approved on Monday a final piece of legislation sought by the European Union before a Dec. 16-17 summit at which EU leaders will decide whether Ankara is now ready to begin long-delayed entry talks.
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Turkey must open its ports and airports to traffic from Cyprus before December 6th, or face a possible suspension of its accession talks, the EU said on Monday.Comment
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The European Parliament today called on European Union leaders to open membership talks with Turkey âwithout undue delay,â and urged Ankara to carry out more democratic reforms and moves toward recognising Cyprus.
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Turkey says tough EU demands on opening accession talks may make reaching agreement hard.
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THE controversial decision to give Turkey the green light to start talks on joining the EU will be taken later this week, despite widespread reservations in many member states.
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European Union governments may impose tougher conditions on entry talks with Turkey in response to demands by France, Austria and Cyprus, a draft EU compromise shows.
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Turkey is preparing to amend a  controversial law on freedom of speech that has been criticized  repeatedly by the European Union and could slow EU accession  talks with Brussels.
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Failure to approve the launch of European Union membership talks with Turkey would amount to âinstitutional racismâ, it was claimed today.
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The European Union is risking an Islamic backlash in Turkey, the EU's enlargement commissioner says.
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Turkey&#39;s parliament last night bowed to European Union demands and passed a liberalising penal code which should open the way to talks with Ankara on EU membership.
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The moment of truth has come. The EU must decide tomorrow whether to open accession talks with Turkey. Is today&#39;s union prepared to reverse a course first
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The European Union executive expressed concern after a new penal code in Turkey seen as crucial to the country's bid to join the EU was left in parliamentary limbo.
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BRUSSELS - The European Commission, in a watershed decision, recommended yesterday that the European Union (EU) open membership talks with Turkey.