"Parliament very circumspect about Turkey’s EU accession
By Eric van Puyvelde | Wednesday 09 March 2011
The Cyprus-Turkey deadlock, lack of dialogue among Turkish political parties and the undermining of press freedom and other basic rights in Turkey are the main factors slowing down the country's EU accession talks, said Ria Oomen-Ruijten (EPP, Netherlands), the rapporteur for a report and resolution adopted by the European Parliament, on 9 March, on the progress made by Turkey. The drafting of the resolution generated intense debate and the resolution itself expresses the EP’s concern about the slow progress that the country is making in major democratic reforms."
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