"Merkel's Party Eases Anti-Turkish Stance
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By JUDY DEMPSEY
Published: June 1, 2009
BERLIN — As citizens across Europe prepare to vote this week for a new European Parliament, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc has abandoned its attempt to create a wedge issue out of Turkey’s potential entry into the European Union."
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