Finnish PM: EU backs plan on Turkey
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The European Union presidency on Tuesday backed a proposal to partially suspend EU membership talks with Turkey because of Ankara's refusal to open up to trade with Cyprus.
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Turkish EU candidacy divided Finnish foreign policy leadership in 1999 The issue of possible Turkish membership of an expanded European Union caused deep divisions within Finland's foreign policy leadership in ...
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Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan voiced confidence on Wednesday that Turkey would win a date for opening long-delayed European Union entry
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Finland took over the presidency of the European Union with a pledge to recover some of the bloc&#039;s credibility with voters by focusing on transparency and efficiency in the absence of far-reaching institutional reform.
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Last-ditch talks in Finland on Monday between the European Union and Turkey aimed at averting an EU crisis with Ankara over the Cyprus issue have failed, Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja said.Comment
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Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has reiterated support for Turkey's bid to join the European Union, saying it gave the lie to charges that Britain is backing a United States war on Islam.
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Pope Benedict backed Ankara's EU entry bid and said Islam was a religion of peace on Tuesday, according to Turkey's prime minister, in a bid to soothe rows over his views in the mostly Muslim state.
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The European Union supports Syria's goal of regaining the occupied Golan Heights from Israel, the EU foreign policy chief said after meeting President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday.
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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that Turkey will say no to the European Union if the bloc imposes unacceptable conditions on starting membership talks with the mainly Muslim country.
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Turkey's bid to join the European Union was back on course Thursday after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan backed down in a row with the bloc over attempts to ban adultery in his Muslim nation.
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Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda welcomed the overwhelming endorsement contained in a resolution of the European Parliament backing the EU constitutional treaty on Wednesday and urging member states to ratify ...
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BERLIN, Dec 4  Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende has written to German conservative leader Angela Merkel rejecting her proposal for a ''privileged partnership''between the EU and Turkey, the ...
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Turkey&#39;s marathon campaign to join the EU appeared to gain momentum on Thursday after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan assured the union&#39;s worried bureaucrats in Brussels, Belgium, that his governing Islamic party was not straying from Turkey&#39;s
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New Turkish President Abdullah Gul approved a pro-EU cabinet on Wednesday which reflected Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's desire to push ahead with stalled political and economic reforms needed to join the bloc.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has defended plans to outlaw adultery that have outraged women's groups and raised eyebrows in the European Union, which Turkey aspires to join.
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Erkki Liikanen, the Governor of the Bank of Finland, strongly defends the Stability and Growth Pact of the European Union.
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The presidents of Bulgaria and Finland on Tuesday spoke in support of Turkey's bid to join the European Union and the international recognition of Macedonia by its constitutional name, state radio reported.