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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9624

18 March 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/turkey
Olli Rehn says there must be separation of powers

Brussels, 17/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - European Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn does not look favourably on the decision of the chief prosecutor general of the Turkish High Court of Appeals to call for the Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to be banned for contravening the country's secular constitution. Rehn says this initiative infringes the principle of the separation of powers and could slow, or even put an end to, the reforms being carried out...

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