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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10036

9 December 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/turkey
No new sanctions but eight chapters will remain pending until Ankara has met its obligations

Brussels, 08/12/2009 (Agence Europe) - Conclusions, adopted on Tuesday 8 December by the General Affairs Council on the subject of Turkey, strike the “right balance” between, on one hand, recognition of progress made in reform (legal sector, Kurd issue, etc.) and, on the other, the reminder that Turkey must do more, for example with regard to fundamental freedoms, said Council President Carl Bildt. Despite insistence from Cyprus, the Council did not take any new penalties against Turkey...

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