"MEPs reject partnership option for Turkey
01.12.2004 - 09:52 CET | By Honor Mahony EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - MEPs in the powerful Foreign Affairs Committee in the European Parliament have rejected the 'partnership' option for Turkey.
During a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday (30 November), MEPS rejected the idea of giving Turkey a 'privileged partnership' instead of full membership if the country fails to brings itself into line with EU democracy criteria.
Elsewhere in the report, the euro-deputies supported the European Commission's line on Turkey by calling for EU governments 'to open the negotiations with Turkey without undue delay'. "
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