Saturday, December 25, 2004

The Journal of Turkish Weekly:Turkey Troubled in EU Process by Five Negotiation Points

"Turkey Troubled in EU Process by Five Negotiation Points
Ankara has identified the main areas of developments it will face during negotiations with the European Union (EU) beginning on October 3, 2005 as: free movement, agriculture, regional policies, finances, and budgetary affairs. It now seems that, contrary to the expectations of the public, there will be no large financial donations coming from the EU. Turkey has to convince the EU accept from the onset of the negotiation process that it has a functioning market economy or negotiations may not begin on over 20 points related to the economy. "

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