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30.11.2004 - 09:30 CET | By Honor Mahony Turkey may have to agree to some tough conditions before EU member states agree to go ahead and open membership negotiations.
A draft of the conclusions for a meeting of EU leaders next month, circulated by the Dutch EU Presidency on Monday (29 November), set conditions that would mean Ankara having to recognise Cyprus and accept permanent restrictions on the movement of its workers.
While the draft welcomes the 'decisive progress made by Turkey in its far reaching reform process', according to Reuters, it does not set a date for when negotiations should be opened.
This is expected to be left for EU leaders to decide when they meet on 17 December in Brussels."
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