"...The good news for the UK is that the new German government may be more enthusiastic about economic liberalisation - the bad news is that it may be opposed to the start of membership talks with Turkey on 3 October.
This is a top priority of the UK presidency, but one that may not be easy to deliver.
Enthusiasm for further EU enlargement, and especially for Turkish membership, has waned sharply in some countries since the French and Dutch votes on the constitution - even the European Commission had a 'lively debate' on the matter before issuing its proposed framework for the negotiations on 29 June...."
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