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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8349

28 November 2002
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/turkey/cyprus
According to Verheugen, a "large majority" of Member states want Turkey in - The UN plan for Cyprus is an "opportunity that will never present itself again"

Brussels, 27/11/2002 (Agence Europe) - Speaking on Tuesday at the joint meeting of the speakers of the national parliaments of candidate countries and the president of the European Parliament (also see other article), the Commissioner for enlargement, Gunter Verheugen declared that a "large majority" of Member states considered that Turkey's membership of the EU was "necessary". After talks last week that greatly "impressed" him with the AKP leader Mr. Erdogan, "I no longer want to rule out...

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