"Turkey takes another small step towards EU
(AFP)
21 December 2009,
BRUSSELS - European Union nations on Monday allowed Turkey to take another small step towards joining the bloc, opening a new policy area for accession discussions, a diplomatic source said.
Meeting in Brussels, officials from the 27 EU member states agreed to open another of the 35 policy ‘chapters’ which all EU candidate countries must successfully negotiate prior to membership, in this case the chapter on environment."
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