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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10173

3 July 2010
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
Further comments about Turkey and the Belgian Presidency

Turkey: real commitments and a hypothesis. M-A Moratinos, Spain's foreign minister, and Stefan. Füle, EU Enlargement Commissioner, are obviously right to say that they want Turkey to join the EU and that most Europeans and MEPs even agree with them. They are right to call for a “zero doubt” attitude (see issue 10171), but they are also aware that the 3 October 2005 “Negotiating Framework” for Turkey's accession, approved by the Council of the EU, states that the “shared objective...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
CALENDAR OF EVENTS