Wednesday, December 19, 2007

EU opens talks with Turkey on 2 new areas - washingtonpost.com

"EU opens talks with Turkey on 2 new areas

Reuters
Wednesday, December 19, 2007; 6:01 AM

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union opened negotiations with Turkey on two more reform areas on Wednesday as part of Ankara's bid to join the bloc.

This brings to five the number of so-called 'chapters' Turkey has opened of the 35 that must be completed to conclude the accession process. The EU said it hoped to open talks on two or three others in the first half of 2008."

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