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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9434
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/enlargement

Sarkozy wants debate on EU external borders during European Council in December 2007

Brussels, 29/05/2007 (Agence Europe) - France does not plan to block membership talks with Turkey and will therefore not use its veto against the opening of three additional chapters - financial control, economic and monetary policy, statistics - during the next ministerial negotiating meeting on 26 June. Paris does plan, however, to raise the question of Turkey as part of a broader debate on the Union's external borders that President Nicolas Sarkozy hopes to begin at the European Council...

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