"Turkey assured over Union talks date
By Vincent Boland and Kerin Hope
Published: May 5 2005 03:00 | Last updated: May 5 2005 03:00
German Chancellor Gerhard Schr�der assured Turkey yesterday that the European Union would not postpone accession talks due to begin on October 3, saying such a strategic decision could not be swayed by 'changing opinion polls' or a French rejection of the draft European constitution."
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