"EU draft sets tough terms for Turkey
Mon 29 November, 2004 12:01
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Turkey will have to accept tough conditions, including de facto recognition of Cyprus and possible permanent restrictions on labour migration, to ensure the start of European Union membership talks, a draft EU summit statement says.
The draft, circulated by the Dutch EU presidency on Monday and obtained by Reuters, left the crucial wording of the decision on whether and when to open entry negotiations with Ankara blank for leaders to fill in at a December 16-17 summit.
It welcomed 'the decisive progress made by Turkey in its far-reaching reform process' but set a strict framework for negotiations and said talks could not be concluded until the bloc had agreed on its post-2014 budget."
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