"European Union at crossroads
By Andrew Borowiec
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
PARIS � This is a year of crucial decisions, when the European Union can close ranks and look forward to further expansion or see its precarious unity shattered.
....To save the constitution, Mr. Chirac is trying to separate its approval from the decision on Turkey's European future — by promising another referendum in 2015 dealing only with whether or not to invite Turkey into the European Union.
His approach appears to have further muddled the issues, triggering a barrage of often-confusing — and, frequently, later-denied — statements across the entire political spectrum. "
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