France adds to EU pressure on Turkey
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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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Turkey is not yet ready to join the European Union but should pursue its membership bid, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said Thursday at the start of a parliamentary debate over an issue that has ...
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French President Jacques Chirac says Turkey can join the EU as a member if it meets entry requirements.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged  European Union nations on Monday to accept a greater share of  defense spending to cope with escalating global threats.
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The French president throws his weight behind Turkish EU membership ahead of a key summit decision.
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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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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 Nicolas Sarkozy urged European Union nations on Monday to accept a greater share of defense spending to cope with escalating global threats.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s visit  to Poland on Thursday could tip the balance in persuading its  eurosceptic conservative leaders not to veto talks on a new  European Union treaty.
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BRUSSELS: The European Commission gave Turkeyâs hopes of joining the EU a huge boost on Thursday saying it saw âno more obstaclesâ in its way towards a âclear recommendationâ on starting EU entry talks with Ankara.
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Germany and France are expected to adopt a tougher stand on the Turkish bid to join the EU when their leaders meet in SaarbrA A1 4cken on Tuesday .Comment
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Nicolas Sarkozy reiterates his opposition to Turkey joining the EU, for the first time since becoming French president.
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President Jacques Chirac has backed calls for France to hold a referendum on Turkey&#39;s entry to the European Union, but has made clear it is unlikely to take place for more than a decade.
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Former French president Valery Giscard D&#39;Estaing said on Thursday that Turkish membership of the European Union (EU) would change the European project&#39;s nature and suggested a
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France appeared on a collision course  with the European Union on Thursday after Brussels warned Paris  not to interfere with any foreign bids for Societe Generale in  the wake of its rogue trading losses.
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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 France's backing for its bid to join the European ...
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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.