"Turkey receives EU entry tonic
Wednesday 01 December 2004, 1:04 Makka Time, 22:04 GMT
The lawmakers ruled out a 'privileged partnership' option
Turkey's bid to join the European Union has won a boost after a key European parliament committee rejected calls to offer Ankara anything less than full membership.
The EU legislature's foreign affairs committee endorsed by 50 votes to 18 with six abstentions a report urging EU leaders to agree to open entry talks with Turkey 'without undue delay'
when they take the landmark decision at a 16-17 December summit."
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