"Ankara Criteria
It is only a remote possibility that accession negotiations will be postponed. There is no doubt, however, that a period of uncertainty has opened in Turkey-European Union relations. How can it be otherwise? After the constitution draft was rejected in France and in the Netherlands, the future of the EU itself is uncertain. According to some pessimists, the present crisis will lead the EU to dissolution. Optimists, on the other hand, believe that the EU will emerge from this crisis stronger just like after every major crisis it has faced in the past. "
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