There was no shift in the official positions during Tuesday's EU-Turkey Association Council session and the two parties reaffirmed what they had been repeating for years. On behalf of the EU, the president of the Council, Dimitrij Rupel, and European Commissioner Olli Rehn confirmed that accession represented the shared objective but said that they expected Turkey to speed up reforms and put an end to the restrictive regime it has been applying to one member state (Cyprus). Speaking for...