"EU says does not want to chase Turkey from talks
Thu Nov 30, 2006 7:52am ET29
BERLIN (Reuters) - Europe does not want to drive Turkey from the negotiating table, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Thursday, a day after Brussels recommended a partial freeze of Ankara's talks to join the bloc.
"This is not an opportunity to chase Turkey away from the negotiating table," Barroso told an open session of the Europe committee of the German parliament."
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