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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9517

6 October 2007
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/enlargement
In France, Olli Rehn defends Turkey and Western Balkans' membership prospects

Brussels, 05/10/2007 (Agence Europe) - In future, the European Union must integrate Turkey and the Western Balkans if it wants to pacify the European continent in a lasting manner and contribute to preventing a confrontation between Islam and the West, said Olli Rehn, Enlargement Commissioner, speaking in Paris on 4 October. “It is in our own interests to maintain and encourage the states of South-Eastern Europe along the road to peaceful reform”, he stressed. On the subject of Turkey, a...

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