"Towards a new Europe - but what is it for?
Leader
Monday 10th October 2005
Whatever else its shortcomings, Turkey cannot be accused of a lack of patience. The country that straddles Europe and Asia first applied to join what was then the EEC in 1959. So it was not surprising that when the moment finally came to agree formal accession talks it was replete with brinkmanship and acrimony."
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