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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10859

5 June 2013
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
The EU and Turkey must set out the basis for effective cooperation and abandon the unrealistic objective of membership

The fiction goes on. The authorities in Brussels and Ankara know very well that Turkish membership of the EU will never come about - but they use this fiction as an instrument that enables delicate and crucial aspects of their relationship to be discussed, and to make the rights and interests of each side known. Last week's Cooperation Council (the 55th session!) respected the rules - detecting this or that chapter that might prove able to relaunch the negotiations that have been blocked for...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
INSTITUTIONAL
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
SECTORAL POLICIES
EXTERNAL ACTION
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU