Ireland’s EU Term Presidency: Turkish Restart for More Chapters
Ireland will take over the next half-year term presidency of the Council of European Union which has already brought about a wide-range of discussions and optimistic commentaries with respect to Turkey’s recently stagnant relations with EU. A good majority of people from the Turkish side take this as good news, a positive change in the face of restructuring EU’s decision making bodies. Turkish EU Minister and the Chief Negotiator Egemen Bağış has so far made good remarks on the new stage of Turkey-EU integration talks that will assumedly follow a different path than negotiations during the preceding term under the Greek Cypriot presidency. He referred to the time period from 1st January onwards as a critical juncture and a historical turning point in regard to Turkey’s accession process for full membership in the EU.
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