EU ministers struggle with Turkey sanctions
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European Union foreign ministers were battling to forge a deal on slowing down Turkey's EU membership talks over Ankara's failure to respect its trade obligations to Cyprus.
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The European Union executive expressed concern after a new penal code in Turkey seen as crucial to the country's bid to join the EU was left in parliamentary limbo.
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EU ministers are to meet to decide how to punish Turkey for barring Cypriot ships and planes from its ports and airports.
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BRUSSELS -- The European Commission dealt a sharp blow yesterday to Turkey's hopes of joining the European Union, recommending a partial suspension of entry talks after Ankara refused to open its ports to Cyprus.
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The European Union&#39;s executive commission is expected to recommend on Wednesday that Turkey begin entry talks for membership in the bloc, but with stringent and long-term conditions attached.
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Turkey has been knocking on the EUâs door for more than 40 years, watching in frustration as other countries leapfrogged Ankara in the queue to join the Union.
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Chicago Tribune - For most Europeans, the recent recommendation of the European Union's executive body to open membership talks with Turkey goes a step too far.
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The expected bad news was that commissioners would face a difficult judgment over how well Ankara has done in harmonising its laws and norms with those of the EU.
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European Union foreign ministers battled late Sunday to overcome major obstacles to sorely-needed reforms so EU leaders can draw up the outlines of a new treaty this week.
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Britain will oppose European commission moves to impose permanent curbs on Turkish workers migrating to other areas of the EU as a key part of any agreement to admit the country to the union, a foreign office minister said yesterday.
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European Union foreign ministers agreed on Monday on a partial freeze of Turkey's EU membership talks to penalize Ankara for failing to normalize trade with Cyprus.
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EU foreign ministers must step up  efforts next week for a ceasefire in Darfur and impose  sanctions on members of Sudan&#39;s government responsible for the  violence, activists said on Tuesday.
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The European Commission&#39;s agriculture commissioner, Franz Fischler, is questioning Turkey&#39;s suitability for EU membership in the latest note of dissent in the European Union&#39;s executive.
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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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The EU is to set out tough conditions for Turkey's membership, according to a leaked draft statement.
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The European Commission looks set to advise that Turkey's EU membership talks be partly suspended.
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European Union foreign ministers decided Monday to freeze parts of entry talks with Turkey on Monday over Ankara's refusal to open its ports to trade with EU member Cyprus.