"Turkish leader faces German mood swing
By Judy Dempsey International Herald Tribune
FRIDAY, MAY 26, 2006
BERLIN When Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey meets Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday, he will find a changed mood from the days of Gerhard Schröder, one of Europe's strongest advocates for Turkey to join the EU.
Although Merkel did not veto last year's decision by the EU to start accession negotiations with Turkey, she is on record as preferring a 'privileged partnership' that she says would allow Turkey most of the economic and trade benefits of closer cooperation without crossing the politically sensitive Rubicon of membership."
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