French Armenians Want To Block Turkey EU Bid
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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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A European Union commissioner Wednesday recommended partially suspending membership talks with Turkey to protest Ankara's continued refusal to open its ports to EU member Cyprus.Comment
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France's former prime minister Lionel Jospin entered the bitter debate in the opposition Socialist party over the EU's proposed constitutional treaty Wednesday, urging a vote in favour at a referendum planned ...
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France does not plan to stop the European  Union from opening new policy &quot;chapters&quot; in Turkey&#39;s accession  talks next month despite President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s opposition  to Turkish membership, an official said on Tuesday.
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French Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy presented a far-reaching plan for pulling the European Union out of its strategic gridlock, calling for a &quot;mini-treaty&quot; as a first step and opposing Turkish membership.
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A majority of the French public is against Turkey's entry into the European Union though most are also prepared to imagine it joining at some future date, according to an opinion poll released Tuesday.
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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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French President Jacques Chirac said even though he supports to seek a referendum on Turkey&#39;s European Union (EU) membership bid, such a referendum is impossible before the conclusion of negotiations, which are expected to take 10 to 15 years to complete.
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French President Jacques Chirac is calling for the lifting of the European Union&#39;s arms embargo against China, The Telegraph reported Monday.
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France prevents the EU starting membership talks with Turkey on economic and monetary policy.
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The French president throws his weight behind Turkish EU membership ahead of a key summit decision.
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France will come under renewed pressure on Tuesday to soften its stance on Turkey's bid to join the European Union when Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan drops in on a Franco-German summit in Berlin.
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The French government will not allow the crisis-hit bank Societe Generale to be the target of a "hostile" takeover bid, Prime Minister Francois Fillon warned on Tuesday.
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The European Commission dealt a sharp blow on Wednesday 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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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin reiterated France's support for Turkey's eventual membership of the European Union but warned Ankara might not yet be ready to accept Western values, in an interview ...
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President Jacques Chirac was under pressure yesterday to bring forward France's referendum on the European constitution because of fears that the debate will be "polluted" by rising hostility towards Turkey's ...
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Turkey has rejected a request from the European Commission to recognise Cyprus ahead of a key summit on Ankara&#39;s bid to open European Union accession talks.