"Members will make up their own minds on accession talks, EU tells Turkey 24/11/2004
EU member states will make their own decision on whether Turkey has fulfilled conditions to start membership talks despite a favorable view by the European Commission, Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot said here Wednesday. 'Member states are free to decide for themselves whether the Copenhagen criteria are fulfilled ... Member states are master of the field,' Bot, whose country holds the EU presidency, told reporters after EU officials held talks here with Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul. "
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