France reserves right to veto Turkey&#39;s entry into EU, says Chirac
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France reserves the right to veto Turkey&#39;s entry into the European Union at any moment, President Jacques Chirac told state television France 2 Sunday in an interview conducted
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French President Jacques Chirac may come closer to his goal of meeting European Union deficit rules for the first time in three years in 2005 after Electricite de France and Gaz de France agreed to make ...
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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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MILLIYET- French President Jacques Chirac has come out in favor of a proposal to hold a referendum on Turkey's European Union membership.
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PARIS: The European Union should be prepared to offer Turkey an alternative to membership of the 25-nation bloc if entry talks with Ankara fail, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said on Thursday.
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President Jacques Chirac has promised to hold a referendum on Turkey&#39;s entry to the European Union if the bloc agrees to its accession, despite the risk that France could block its membership.
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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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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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PARIS: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said in an interview published on Thursday that he is looking to President Jacques Chirac to reassure Ankara over Franceâs backing for its bid to join the European Union.
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An EU commissioner said that EU leaders intend to keep their word over Turkey's entry into the European Union.
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French President Jacques Chirac called on the European Union Friday to help create &quot;industrial champions&quot; within the 25-nation bloc that would be competitive on the global economic stage.
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Mon, 2 Oct 2006 The Parliament Author: Daisy Ayliffe French president Jacques Chirac has pressed Turkey to recognise the role played by Ankara in the Armenian genocide during WW1.Comment
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has  dispatched an envoy to Ankara to try to calm tensions over his  adamant opposition to Turkey entering the European Union, Le  Figaro newspaper reported on Tuesday.
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Paris has laid down three conditions to back the start of EU membership talks with Turkey, in a bid to assuage hostile French public opinion.
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France will meet its European budget commitments in 2005, bringing its deficit under the 3 percent of the EU limit for the first time in four years, President Jacques Chirac said Wednesday.
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ROME, Oct 29  - French President Jacques Chirac urged the head of the incoming European Commission Friday to take &quot;the appropriate decisions&quot; to resolve a row over his EU executive team which has left the EU in limbo.
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French President Jacques Chirac wants to change his country&#39;s constitution to allow for a referendum on Turkey&#39;s bid to join the European Union.