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Turkey sent to the back of the line... again
The Croatians were jubilant last week as the European Commission simply gave the go ahead to name Croatia as a candidate for membership and start accession talks in 2005. This is of course a blow to Turkey that has been struggling for years to appease the EU member states and get a date for accession talks. Turks would have expected at least some tough negotiations for Croatia before they even considered this Balkan country eligible for membership. But we see with great surprise that the meticulous efforts to grill Turkey over practically every issue and create numerous obstacles have not been repeated in the case of Croatia. More at the link. Basically Turkey gets snubbed again as Croatia is given a date for entering talks on joining the EU. Turkey doesnât even have that. Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2004-06-22 |
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