"EUROPE: Turkey 'Slowing Down' On Its Way
By David Cronin
BRUSSELS, Mar 4 (IPS) - Reforms allowing freedom of expression in Turkey are 'badly overdue', the European Commission has warned.
Although talks on Turkey's bid to join the European Union opened more than two years ago, the EU official overseeing those negotiations said Mar. 3 that there has been a 'slowdown' in the rate of progress being made by Ankara in respecting political liberties."
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