"EU ignores critics and opens door to Turkey
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in Brussels
(Filed: 16/12/2004)
Defying public opinion across Europe, European Union leaders including Tony Blair will today open the way for Turkey to become its first Muslim member.
Barring a last-minute upset, the nation of 71 million will start formal entry talks next autumn with a view to joining as an equal partner around 2015, pushing the borders of the EU as far as Iraq, Iran, and Syria."
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