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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8630
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/turkey

Verheugen is "impressed" by progress in Turkey although there is still a long way to go - Religion is not part of accession criteria

Tunis, 23/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - In a speech in Tunis on Wednesday (see yesterday's EUROPE, p.10) on the implications of enlargement on countries close by - the "neighbourhood policy" - Günter Verheugen, European Enlargement Commissioner, said: "We are impressed by the progress of political and economic reforms in that country under the present government". His feeling is that the government under Prime Minister Erdogan is "determined to take the necessary remaining steps in terms of...

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