"Quiet please - Turkey and the EU: the slow waltz resumed pianissimo
By PHK
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Just four months ago, Turkish accession talks with the European Union were being written off by the media as a train wreck. Forecasting doom, gloom, war and premature death make good headlines and sells newspapers but I’ve never been convinced that such skim-the-surface reports are anything more than superficial recounts of what each side wants the public to hear at the moment and what reporters – all but the few skilled in reading complex negotiating tea leaves - can themselves make out of the puzzle palace that envelopes lengthy and complex negotiations especially those relating to the EU and other multilateral organizations."
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