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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8673

25 March 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/epp-ed/enlargement
Mr Schüssel calls for impact study on consequences of Turkey's accession to EU

Brussels, 24/03/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel believes that the European Commission should carry out an impact study into the consequences of Turkey's accession to the European Union. Mr Schüssel, who was speaking in Vienna on Tuesday at the opening of the EPP-ED group's workshop, that such a study is vital, "if a serious decision is to be taken" on the possibility of opening accession negotiations with Turkey in December.

Having stressed the need to...

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