The Difficult Turkey
Published: 10:50, Adelina Marini, Zagreb
"No one is trying to put Turkey's negotiating process with the EU in the Guinness Book of Records, but efforts are needed by both sides", EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule said responding to a question by a Turkish journalist on October 10th, after officially presenting the progress reports of the countries from the enlargement package. Both the question and the answer clearly demonstrate the complexity of the negotiation process between the two parties. As the tradition commands, the report (as usually very detailed and long) contains the same message as in previous years, and the Turkey's reaction was also expected - the report is not balanced.
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