France split over Turkish issue
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The French parliament is to debate Turkey's wish to join the EU, an increasingly divisive issue in France.
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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday he would hold three-way talks with French and German leaders on Turkey's EU membership bid, which the two heavyweights of the bloc oppose.
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MILLIYET- French President Jacques Chirac has come out in favor of a proposal to hold a referendum on Turkey's European Union membership.
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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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BERLIN/PARIS  - A split has emerged in the coalition of Western powers pressuring Iran to freeze its nuclear enrichment program, as France backs U.S. calls for a new round of sanctions while Germany urges restraint.
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French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Tuesday that he would meet with his Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan to discuss Ankara&#39;s contentious bid to join the European Union.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy is at  odds with his foreign minister over whether the country's  international television news channel should ditch English and  Arabic, and broadcast only in French.
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A recent statement by Internal Market Commissioner Frits Bolkestein has highlighted the Commission&#39;s divisions over the issue of Turkey&#39;s EU bid.
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Germany and France offered a ringing endorsement for Turkey&#39;s eventual membership of the European Union at a bilateral summit, as French President Jacques Chirac brushed aside doubts about Paris&#39;s backing.
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The French President, Jacques Chirac, further muddied debate over Turkish membership of the European Union by declaring he wants to change France&#39;s constitution so the issue is eventually put to a vote in a national referendum.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Cecilia are separating by mutual agreement, the president's office said in a statement on Thursday.
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Turkey will not join the European Union for at least 15 years and could only do so once France had held a referendum on the issue, French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has said.
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The French are conflicted on what to do with ex-President Jacques Chirac over the all-party 'Paris lycees affair', says Hugh Schofield.
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France's involvement in Ivory Coast receives sceptical scrutiny. And papers are torn between sympathy and anger over the death of an anti-nuclear protestor, who was run over by a train transporting nuclear ...
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French President Sarkozy moves to prevent friction over Turkey's EU membership bid.
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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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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.