"Turkey has less than 2 years to meet EU's political accession criteria
22/03/2006
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Parliament adds 'capacity for absorption' and 'geographical issues' to considerations over EU expansion
Brussels - Noting the slowing pace of reform in Turkey, the European Parliament has called upon the Turkish government to take immediate steps to ends its discriminatory and repressive policies.
In its recently adopted resolution on the 'Commission’s 2005 Enlargement Strategy Report,' the Parliament also called on the European Commission to define the geographical boundaries of the European Union. This report, prepared by Elmar Brok (Conservative, Germany), Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, aims to formulate a comprehensive enlargement policy before focusing on candidate nations (Macedonia, Western Balkans) and countries in negotiation (Turkey, Croatia)."
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