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Disappointment in Turkey over cancelled trip

"Disappointment in Turkey over cancelled trip

Thursday 03 December 2009

Turkish MPs are disappointed the Dutch parliament has cancelled a fact-finding mission about the country's wishes to join the European Union, the NRC reports on Thursday.

The parliamentary EU affairs commission decided yesterday to cancel the trip, apparently based on comments by one spokesman for the Turkish foreign affairs ministry, who said anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders is a racist and not welcome."

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