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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8489

24 June 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/turkey
Verheugen welcomes new political reforms approved by Turkish Parliament but insists on implementation

Brussels, 23/06/2003 (Agence Europe) - Last Friday, Enlargement Commissioner Günther Verheugen welcomed the adoption by the Turkish Parliament of a new political reform package considered essential for Turkey to be able to meet the political criteria set out in Copenhagen and to move forward to accession talks with the EU. "This is a clear sign of Turkey's determination to pursue the reforms necessary", Mr Verheugen commented. He mainly stressed the specific importance of two measures that...

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