Brussels, 26/03/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday evening in Brussels, the Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan asserted that "Turkey would begin (accession) negotiations with the European Union at the end of the year". In response, Commissioner Günter Verheugen averred that "this demonstrated the confidence in Turkey being able to fulfil the criteria and that the European Commission decision will be positive". Nevertheless, he did point out that it would be Member States making the...