"Time for EU-Turkey 'Urgency'
By HUGH POPE | From today's Wall Street Journal Europe
ISTANBUL
An abrupt and unusual word buried in a European Union declaration on Dec. 8 showed the mounting risks of a breakdown in Turkey's EU membership talks. Ankara's need to solve its problems with Cyprus, foreign ministers warned, has become 'urgent.' Thanks also to Turkey's failure to meet EU reform benchmarks since the negotiations started in 2005, a showdown looks inevitable over the next year."
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