22/06/2004 (Agence Europe) - Turkish Minister for Religious Affairs Mehmet Aydin, who was in Barcelona for a confrerence on Turkey, considers that the "general climate is extremely positive" for reaching a decision at the European Council in December on opening negotiations for Turkey's EU membership. Mr Aydin even expressed his ambition in an interview with the Spanish daily El Pais for Turkey to "obtain an overall plan (…) for concluding the whole process by, for example, 2010 or 2012"....