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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9282
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/turkey

Verheugen says EU is concentrating too much on Turkish weaknesses and not giving reformers enough encouragement

Brussels, 09/10/2006 (Agence Europe) - Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen, who was responsible for enlargement in the previous Commission, has strongly defended Turkey's candidacy for EU membership, believing that it is too often the subject of ill-founded criticisms and prejudices in Europe. “Europe is sending Turkey almost exclusively negative signals. We are focusing on the country's weaknesses, without encouraging it to change,” said Mr Verheugen in an interview with German...

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