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Tuesday, June 07, 2005

FT.com / World - EU No votes 'hitting reforms in Turkey'

"EU No votes 'hitting reforms in Turkey'
By Tobias Buck in Brussels
Published: June 7 2005 16:52 | Last updated: June 7 2005 16:52

The political turmoil sparked by the rejection of the European Union constitution in France and the Netherlands is undermining political reforms in Turkey, a senior European commissioner warned on Tuesday.

G�nter Verheugen, who oversaw last year's expansion into eastern and southern Europe, admitted that opposition to both past and future enlargements of the EU had contributed to the referendum defeats. "

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