France to let Turkey EU talks continue for now
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France does not plan to stop the European  Union from opening new policy &quot;chapters&quot; in Turkey&#39;s accession  talks next month despite President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s opposition  to Turkish membership, an official said on Tuesday.
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The European Union (EU) should not link any more conditions to starting accession negotiations with Turkey, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said Wednesday.
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Turkey&#39;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
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Angela Merkel and Jacques Chirac meet informally every two months The EU's Enlargement Commissioner, Olli Rehn, has urged Germany and France not to step up the pressure on Turkey over its membership bid.Comment
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Three days before a key European Union summit that is likely to give Turkey a date for starting formal entry talks, French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier has said that Ankara must reassess its past.
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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin reiterated France's support for Turkey's eventual membership of the European Union but warned Ankara might not yet be ready to accept Western values, in an interview ...
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The European Parliament (EP) adopted a resolution on Wednesday in Strasbourg of France, urging the European Union (EU) to start accession negotiations with Turkey &quot;without undue delay.
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The EU sought Wednesday to keep pressure on Turkey over its bid to start talks on joining the bloc, as last-minute haggling seemed set to go down to the wire at a summit poised to give a green light to Ankara.
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French President Jacques Chirac says France should hold a referendum on Turkey's entry to the European Union.
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The European Commission will not set  special conditions for Turkey when it decides Wednesday whether  to recommend opening membership talks with Ankara, Commission  President Romano Prodi said Tuesday.
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ANKARA, Turkey Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with representatives of French companies doing business in Turkey on Saturday and asked for their help to thwart a French bill that would make it a crime ...Comment
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Chirac who supported the opening of entry talks with Ankara during the EU summit in Brussels last week. &quot;The question to ask is whether we say &#39;yes&#39; or &#39;no&#39; or &#39;privileged partnership&#39;,&quot; he told France 2 television late on Saturday.
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PARIS : French President Jacques Chirac said Wednesday that Turkey&#39;s EU membership bid was &quot;not a done deal,&quot; although he believed it was in Europe&#39;s best interests, a government spokesman reported after a cabinet meeting.
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Mrs Merkel and Mr Chirac are co-ordinating positions on Turkey German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Jacques Chirac have rejected the idea of setting a deadline for Turkey to comply with EU ...Comment
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The European Commission looks set to advise that Turkey's EU membership talks be partly suspended.
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Turkey was expected to insist on the unconditional backing of European Union powerhouses Germany and France for its bid to join the bloc at three-way talks, amid signs Paris is hedging its bets.
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European Union leaders offered to start membership talks with Turkey next Oct. 3, as long as the Turkish government ends its diplomatic standoff with historic rival Cyprus.