"TURKEY/E.U.: Turkey’s existence not dependent on EU entry, says Babacan
In the face of rising criticism from Brussels over the Turkish government's apparent lack of ambition for reform, Foreign Minister Ali Babacan has suggested that the issue of EU membership was not a matter critical to the existence of EU candidate Turkey...The draft report debated by the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs is full of serious warnings for Ankara, which the draft says has lost its ambition for political reform...In its draft report, the European Parliament praised Turkey for its foreign policy, in particular its rapprochement with Armenia, but stepped up calls to improve human rights, reform the judiciary and curb the power of the military..."
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