France Says Turkey Must Recognize Armenian Atrocities Before Joining EU
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Three days before a key European Union summit that is likely to give Turkey a date for starting formal entry talks, French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier has said that Ankara must reassess its past.
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A top European Union official said Monday that recent Turkish reforms would be considered in the country's bid for bloc membership, and appealed to the nation's leaders to avoid violence in dealing with the Kurds.
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The European Union will need to reform its budget system and may have to impose restrictions on the free movement of labour before it can admit Turkey as a member, according to a document sent to EU member states on Monday.
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Rwandan President Paul Kagame accused France on Wednesday of actively supporting the 1994 genocide in his country when 800,000 people were slaughtered.
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European Union leaders said Turkey could join its ranks as soon as 10 years from now, but warned that it must overcome opposition to a Muslim country's entering the European fold.
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Greece wants Turkey to become a full-fledged European democracy and member of the European Union but insists Ankara must first recognize a reunified Cyprus, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis said.
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During today&#39;s European Union (EU) summit, a group of Armenians held a protest around the EU Council building in Brussels. According to the police, nearly, 2,300 Armenians demanded Turkey to recognize genocide allegations.
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HAMBURG, Germany : The European Commission report assessing Turkey&#39;s progress towards EU membership criteria, to be published on Wednesday, is highly critical of the country, EU enlargement chief Guenter Verheugen warned in a weekend interview.
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The European Union has recommended Turkey be put on the path to full membership, a historic move that could push Europe's borders to the Middle East and that stoked fears among Europeans wary of bringing a poor ...
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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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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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MEISE, Belgium, Dec 16  - The EU must be sure it has the &quot;capacity to absorb&quot; Turkey before it gives a green light to the vast Muslim country&#39;s hopes of joining the bloc, Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel warned Thursday.
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The European Commission says it will advise EU leaders that accession talks with Turkey should not begin unless Ankara adopts a new penal code.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan  urged the European Union on Thursday to open its doors to  non-Christians after French President Jacques Chirac made a  vibrant appeal to bring Turkey into the EU.
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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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French President Jacques Chirac said yesterday he had asked the government to prepare a constitutional amendment that would require a referendum to be held on Turkey&#39;s accession, despite the risk that France could block its membership.
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French President Jacques Chirac urged Turkey on Saturday to acknowledge the mass killings of Armenians in the early 20th century as genocide.