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EU presses Turkey to pursue reforms — EUbusiness - EU business, legal and financial news and information - EUbusiness.com

"EU presses Turkey to pursue reforms
04 June 2007, 14:17 CET
EU presses Turkey to pursue reforms

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(ANKARA) - The European Union said Monday it is planning to open new chapters in its membership talks with Turkey, but urged Ankara to pursue reforms and uphold democracy for its accession bid to succeed.

'We are expecting some good news by the end of this month. We are planning and working in order to open up to three chapters (out of the 35 policy negotiating areas) in June,' EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said."

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