"MEPs gear up for Turkey EU entry vote
Centre-right MEPs are pushing Europe's leaders to keep EU membership talks with Turkey "open" ahead of a December 17 summit that will seal Ankara�s European fate.
The European Parliament is set to vote on a Brussels recommendation that EU entry negotiations be opened to Turkey.
MEPs are divided on the issue with the parliament's largest political group, the centre-right EPP, stressing that a decision must leave Europe's options open.
Parliament's foreign policy committee on Tuesday voted against a resolution suggesting alternatives to full membership should Turkey fail to make the EU grade."
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