"Turkey slammed on human rights in major EU report
09.11.2005 - 17:40 CET | By Andrew Rettman
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The EU gave Turkey a thumbs up on the economy and a thumbs down on politics in its annual enlargement report on Wednesday (9 November), while promising Macedonia candidate status.
'Turkey can be regarded as a functioning market economy,' the commission stated.
The nine golden words mean Turkey is ready to compete in European markets and augurs investment growth in the EU candidate state, which saw GDP jump up by 9 percent last year. "
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