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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9408
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/turkey

Olli Rehn rejects Ankara's request to set date for accession - Commission welcomes reform programme 2007-2013

Brussels, 17/04/2007 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission refuses to follow up the request made by the Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, this week, who called on the EU to put forward a roadmap for membership talks as well as a “clear target date” for Turkey's accession to the European Union. “The EU has a clear line which is not to define accession dates in advance, since progress in the accession negotiations depends on the progress in the reforms on the ground” in...

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