"Why Europe is talking (quietly) to Turkey
By Madeleine Bunting
September 27, 2005
Much of Europe opposes the accession of Turkey to the EU.
Next Monday, barring a last-minute upset, there will be a small, quiet signing ceremony, probably in Strasbourg. Not even the British Foreign Office seems entirely sure of the venue or its format. But no one is questioning the scale of the ambition or the risks that underpin this event - the opening of the accession process for Turkey's membership of the European Union. Welcome to regime change, European-style."
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