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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9821

20 January 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/turkey
Erdogan, calls for “political obstacles to be lifted” in accession negotiations - Ankara says full accession still strategic objective - polemic over Nabucco project

Brussels, 19/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - Turkey hopes to make a substantial leap forward in its accession negotiations to the EU in 2009, and on Monday 19 January in Brussels, the Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared that this remained the number one priority. During his visit to the European institutions, the first for four years, Mr Erdogan complained about the “political blockage” of around ten negotiation chapters and called for a speeding up of negotiations under the...

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