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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10397

15 June 2011
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (ae) eu/turkey
AKP is urged to rekindle reforms and membership talks

Brussels, 14/06/2011 (Agence Europe) - The EU trusts that the sound victory of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) in legislative elections on 12 June opens the way to further reform in Turkey - mainly of the constitution - and will give fresh impetus to the country's talks on membership to the EU. With 50% of the votes, the AKP won its third consecutive victory (since 2002) and holds a comfortable majority in parliament. On the other hand, the party did...

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