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Turkey-EU relations: heading into the sand « Turkey & Macedonia

"Turkey-EU relations: heading into the sand May 25, 2010
Posted by Yilan in Human rights abuses.

As Turkey-European Union relations stagger on, many in the EU’s institutions are increasingly frustrated by a process that is becoming ever more politicized, lacking direction and bogged down with problems. Of course, there are small success stories, but overall there is a general sense that the process is heading toward breakdown, and sooner rather than later.EU-related reforms have become increasingly patchy and thin on the ground. Indeed the EU had been pushing Turkey for years to reform the Constitution; therefore, the recent reforms came as a welcome surprise."

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