IFOP: French and Germans are against Turkey&#39;s EU Membership
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The French Institute of Public Opinion (IFOP) announced that the majority of the public in France and Germany were definitely against Turkey&#39;s European Union (EU) membership.
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France and Germany have signalled their intention to set an 18-month deadline for Turkey to open trade links with Cyprus.Comment
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BRUSSELS, Feb 16 (IPS) - French and German proposals to tax airline fuel for  development funding may face tough opposition at a meeting of  European Union ministers later this week.
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PARIS Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, touring Europe to drum up support for membership in the European Union, on Thursday criticized plans by several countries to let domestic referendums eventually decide his country&#39;s future.
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A leaked European Union draft that says Turkey will have to recognize the Republic of Cyprus before joining the EU has infuriated the Turkish government.
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The EU&#39;s sharp divisions on whether to admit Turkey were bared in the European Parliament, with the leader of the conservatives arguing Turkish admission would kill the Union off.
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France's Armenian community said Friday it would appeal to President Jacques Chirac to prevent negotiations on Turkish membership of the European Union until Turkey acknowledged responsibility for the World War ...
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On one hand there is the European Union, demanding Turkey reform its criminal code. On the other, a powerful group of conservative Muslims who insist such changes should include criminalizing adultery.
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France does not plan to stop the European Union from opening new policy "chapters" in Turkey's accession talks next month despite President Nicolas Sarkozy's opposition to Turkish membership, an official said on Tuesday.
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France and Germany appeared headed for another industrial row on Monday over a French plan to merge Airbus parent EADS with French defense group
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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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Helene Flautre, a French citizen and Chairwoman of the European Parliament (EP)&#39;s Subcommittee on Human Rights said that France&#39;s proposed referendum on Turkey&#39;s membership to the European Union (EU) is a shame.
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The European Commission laid out its opposition to plans by Turkey to criminalise adultery yesterday. The proposed law threatens to destabilise Ankara&#39;s bid to open EU entry talks.
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Just the prospect of admitting Turkey, a Muslim country of 71 million people, into the European Union has set off a fierce debate over the nature of European identity.
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The French president throws his weight behind Turkish EU membership ahead of a key summit decision.
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One says admitting Turkey to the European Union would spread Islamic radicalism throughout the continent. Another calls Britain America's slavish "spear-carrier" and bemoans Europeans' image in Washington as "sanctimonious wimps."
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THE HAGUE Foreign Minister Ben Bot of the Netherlands, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, on Sunday criticized French and Austrian plans to hold referendums on Turkish membership in the EU, saying such moves could keep Turkey out