THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/turkey

Elmar Brok says decision on accession negotiations should be postponed for two or three years - Turkey wants to join under its own rules, protests Renate Sommer - No negotiations without reforms, warns Martin Schulz (who is for Turkish accession)

Brussels, 21/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - Two weeks before the European Commission is due to give its recommendation on the opening of accession negotiations with Turkey, warnings and calls for prudence abound from MEPs who are against Ankara's entering the EU, but also among some of those in favour. I am in favour of accession, "but not at any price", said the President of the Socialist Group, Martin Schulz, in a statement bearing the title: "no reforms, no negotiations". There is no way we...