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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9855

6 March 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/turkey

05/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - Turkey is expected to modify its constitution if it wants to join the EU one day, it was pointed out by Egemen Bagis, Turkey's new chief negotiator for membership talks. “With its current constitution, Turkey cannot be a member of the EU. I hope we will amend the constitution with the support of opposition parties after local elections are held”, he asserted. These elections are scheduled for 29 March, Mr Bagis said during a conference on the EU in Istanbul...

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