This is certainly good news, although whether the projected start date of 3rd October next actually marks the day is still open to doubt. A pre-condition for the talks is that Turkey must eventually recognise the government of Cyprus, already a member of the EU and that this must happen prior to the talks commencing. Talks with Croatia (UPDATE - Sat 18DEC04 00.55 GMT - with certain conditions) are now due to start next April.
You can link easily to any of the member and canditate countries by clicking here, then on any of the national flags of the 25 member and 4 (at present) candidate countries.
UPDATE: (Friday 17DEC04 23.59 GMT) A formula has been found to allow Turkey tacitly to recognise the Cyprus government, so the talks for Turkey to negotiate entry to the EU can go ahead. A positive result.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Welcome to my comment area. Whilst all comment is welcome you are requested to respect the views of others. To read full terms for use of this facility, please visit my 'Terms of Use' section, linked to under the 'About this Blog' heading at top right of the blog. Note added 12JUL2010 - All comments will now be pre-moderated before they appear in this blog; this is a measure to prevent 'spam' commenting, which has become frequent of late. Thank you.