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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9876

4 April 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/turkey
Call to speed up accession negotiations - EU must consult Ankara on free trade agreement plans

Brussels, 03/04/2009 (Agence Europe) - The EU-Turkey joint Parliamentary committee, meeting in Brussels on Thursday 2 April, called on member states to agree to open accession talks with Turkey in all the areas which the European Commission has said are technically ready to go to negotiation. “It is hoped that the opening of further chapters in the accession negotiations will boost Turkey's determination to take the necessary steps to bring Turkey closer to European standards and the...

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