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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8803

9 October 2004
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS /
Parliament and summit must now try to answer the fundamental questions raised by Turkish accession

The forgotten sentence of the Copenhagen Criteria. With the European Commission having made its fundamental contribution, the real debate within the Community institutions on Turkey's accession to the EU can begin in earnest (see this column yesterday). The stances taken by historians, writers, strategists, politicians and journalists abound, and rarely have we seen such diametrically opposed positions in European affairs. No attempts at compromise, no shades of belief; it's black and white;...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
TIMETABLE
SUPPLEMENT