Germany, Netherlands call for clear signal for Turkey&#39;s EU ...
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his Dutch counterpart, Jan Peter Balkenende, called for a clear signal for Turkey&#39;s accession to the European Union (EU) at Friday&#39;s EU summit.
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By Noah BarkinBERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel will highlight the robust economic and human ties between Germany and Turkey on a visit this week, but also deliver a firm message to Ankara on its troubled bid ...Comment
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BRUSSELS The European Union&#39;s 25 countries will agree by Friday to begin membership negotiations with Turkey, but the Netherlands, which holds the EU presidency, is seeking to give individual countries long-term powers to prevent Turkish immigrants from
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Turkey&#39;s press is dominated by comment on the European Commission&#39;s recommendation that the EU open accession talks with Ankara.
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German editorials on Friday looked at Germany&#39;s claim for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, and the state of EU-Turkish relations.
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The Netherlands ends its six-month European Union (EU) presidency this week trumpeting a historic deal to open membership talks with Turkey as the highlight of its term at the EU helm.
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In public, discussions by journalists and politicians over Turkey&#39;s possible membership in the EU are matter of fact and objective.
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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 Commission is set to announce that Turkey is ready to begin negotiations on joining the EU.
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The European Parliament on Wednesday called on EU leaders to begin membership talks with Turkey &quot;without undue delay,&quot; in a symbolic expression of support for Ankara on the eve of a Brussels summit.
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Despite public opposition in France and Germany, the two country&#39;s leaders have again expressed support for Turkey&#39;s quest for EU membership during a brief summit in Berlin.
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German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer assured his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul here on Monday that Germany would give full support to Turkey&#39;s bid to enter European Union membership talks.
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The moment of truth has come. The EU must decide tomorrow whether to open accession talks with Turkey. Is today&#39;s union prepared to reverse a course first
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The upcoming European Union summit in Brussels is likely to approve the opening of membership talks with Turkey, Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said.
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The European Commission president urged Turkey on Thursday to &quot;go the extra mile&quot; to show Europeans it is ready for EU membership talks as the bloc prepared
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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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EU foreign ministers met on Monday to  make final preparations for a landmark decision later this week  to open entry talks with Turkey amid renewed evidence of strong  opposition to Turkish membership in key EU countries.