Friday, November 2, 2007

Turkey falling behind on political reform, EU Report says

By Lucia Kubosova

November 2, 2007

BRUSSELS - Almost one year after the EU partially froze Turkey 's membership talks, little reform progress has been made by Ankara in key areas, with the European Commission in a fresh report urging Ankara "to renew the momentum of political reforms."

A commission draft report to be published on Tuesday (6 November) - seen by EUobserver - concludes that "the implementation of reforms was uneven and has slowed down since 2005" when Turkey kicked off EU accession negotiations. Full Text

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