"EU criticizes Turkey in annual report on membership hopefuls
The EU has called on Turkey to open up trade with Cyprus, to better promote gender equality and human rights, and to toe the line on foreign policy issues in a lukewarm appraisal of Ankara's path towards EU membership.
The European Union announced on Tuesday that only one of seven candidates for membership in the bloc is close to achieving its goal.
'The negotiations with Croatia are now in their final phase,' the European Commission said in its annual report on the progress of would-be EU members."
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