"Germany's Merkel urges EU to block Turkey's membership
www.chinaview.cn 2005-08-26 21:34:43
BERLIN, Aug. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Germany's conservative opposition leader has written a letter to her European counterparts calling for a joint block of Turkey's entry into the European Union, the German press agency (DPA) reported Friday.
'We are firmly convinced that Turkey's accession would strain the EU politically, economically and socially, and endanger the European integration process,' the opposition leader Angela Merkel said in a letter written to her counterparts, obtained by DPA."
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