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May 17th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
The EU Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fuele is scheduled will visit
Ankara, the capital, to announce the start of those informal technical
discussions with Turkey on eight policy areas. The goal is to bring Turkey
closer to joining the 27-member bloc when some member states’ objections to
Turkey’s accession are lifted.
Fuele’s office said Wednesday the new discussions also will aim to bring
Turkish legislation closer to that of the EU, and to forge closer
co-operation with Turkey in foreign affairs, including issues such as the
uprising in Syria.
In a sign that Turkey is happy to resurrect the talks, its government this
week sent a set of draft bills geared toward the EU bid to Parliament,
including measures to improve human rights in the country.
When negotiations began seven years ago, Turkey was seen as a country whose
dynamic population would enrich the EU culturally and economically, and
would serve as a bridge to the Muslim world. But economic troubles in Europe
and a lack of enthusiasm for the EU to expand further resulted in mounting
opposition to Turkey’s bid. Frustrated, Turkey slowed down reforms and
concentrated efforts toward carving out a leadership role in the Middle East.
Only one out of some three-dozen policy areas, or chapters, in EU membership
negotiations has been concluded so far. Eight policy issues have been frozen
by the bloc over Turkey’s refusal to allow ships and planes from the divided
island of Cyprus to enter its ports and airspace. France has held up
Turkey’s membership negotiations in five policy areas.
“Turkey is changing, the EU is changing and the new Europe cannot be
without Turkey,” Egemen Bagis, the Turkish minister in charge of EU
affairs said this week. “Until now, all countries that have started
negotiations with the EU have become full members. Turkey will not be the
first exception.”
Turkish President Abdullah Gul is expected to hold talks with Hollande during
a Nato summit in Chicago next week, Turkish officials said.
Source: AP
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