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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8838
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi

Public opinion makes its debut in debate over Turkey

And Europe? Let's be quite clear about one thing: the panel of speakers at last week's colloquium held by IERI (European Institute of International Relations, see this column yesterday), on Turkey's accession to the Union, was unbalanced: with just one exception, everybody there had reservations or was openly opposed. Michel Rocard, the only one to come out in favour, felt under siege (which didn't prevent him from being brilliant, ironic, full of subtle innuendoes). All the others took the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
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