Gul dismisses EU draft statement
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The document, which was made public Monday, set a series of stringent conditions for Turkey to open accession negotiations, including the de facto recognition of the Greek Cypriot administration and accepting limits on future freedom of movement by
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Incoming European Commission (EC) President Jose Manuel Barroso reiterated his rejection to reshuffle his new team on Tuesday, saying &quot;a reshuffle would create more problems than it would resolve.
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Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul failed to win enough votes in the second round of a presidential election on Friday, an AK Party deputy told Reuters, but is expected to clinch the post next week.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood firm behind Ankara's bid to join the European Union, rejecting calls to recognise Cyprus and dismissing any new conditions to win EU entry.
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Turkey will pursue reforms to align itself with European Union norms despite a partial freeze of its membership talks, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has said, describing the EU sanction as only a temporary setback to the country's European aspirations.
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MADRID The Spanish justice minister on Monday rejected a new proposal from Basque militants for dialogue with the intention of ending the region&#39;s long conflict, saying the proposal lacked an explicit renunciation of violence.
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In an online interview with users of RFE/RL's South Slavic and Albanian Languages Service website on 20 September, Croatian President Stipe Mesic dismissed the argument that possible independence for Kosova ...
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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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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.Comment
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Britain and Germany, backed by The Netherlands, have rejected a draft EU declaration calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East.
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Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul meets here with EU leaders in the last high-level talks between the two sides in the run-up to December 17 when Turkey faces the moment of truth on its bid to join the European Union.
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Downing Street has indicated the treaty that emerges from next week's EU summit will not be put to a referendum
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Finance Minister Ivan Miklos has rejected criticism from several European Union member states, especially Germany and France, about Slovakia's low taxes.
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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 (EU) must admit Turkey in order to show that it is not opposed to Islam and it is not a Christian Club, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday.
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The European Union's foreign policy chief denied Thursday that he recently met with the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which the EU has blacklisted as a terrorist organization.
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The incoming EU industry commissioner rejects suggestions that lower taxes in new member states will lead to job losses in western Europe.