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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8898

1 March 2005
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/turkey
Presidency critical of Turkey's “fatigue” and calls on it to rapidly expand Ankara agreement

Brussels, 28/02/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Monday the presidency put pressure on Turkey and regretted its “fatigue” in relation to the European process and called on it to sign the protocol for extending customs union for all new Member States, including Cyprus, as soon as possible. Visiting Ankara, the Luxembourg minister for European affairs, Nicolas Schmit spoke of Turkey's “fatigue” and declared in a press conference that, “We cannot just lean back and wait for thingds to...

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