04/12/2002 (Agence Europe) - Asked about the EPP's "isolation" in maintaining its opposition to setting a date for the beginning of accession negotiations with Turkey, Elmar Brok told a few journalists: for those not in government, it's perhaps easier to "tell the truth". He said he feared that the prospect of negotiations with Ankara should interfere with the ratification process of the accession treaties of the ten future members, just at a time when the EU is preparing to provide itself...