"Turkey braces for reality of EU talks
Sun Dec 19, 2004 01:36 PM GMT
By Mark John
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Last week's European Union summit offering Turkey talks on membership finished with hugs, kisses and a toast to a decision of historic moment.
Now Ankara must face the reality of negotiations which in practice mean being told to do better in areas as mundane as sewerage treatment, or as sensitive as minority rights.
'The very term 'negotiations' is a misleading way of describing the accession talks,' said Heather Grabbe of the Centre for European Reform thinktank."
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