"EU Screening on Turkey, Delayed
Olli Rehn the Enlargement Commissioner of EU announced that the screening process on Turkey will begin on October 4, 2005. EU sources said that the process will be carried out in parallel with the negotiations. Rehn said that the screening would take a year and all chapters will be taken up during it. Rehn explained the reason of the delay in beginning the screening process -which Turkey expected earlier_ with political reasons."
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