Monday, May 18, 2015

Turkey's EU bid to advance soon (Johannes Hahn)

Turkey's bid for EU membership could move forward "very soon", EU enlargement commissioner, Johannes Hahn, said Monday.

Speaking at a joint press conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Turkey’s chief EU negotiator, Volkan Bozkir, in Brussels on Monday, Hahn said: "I think it might be possible to open Chapter 17 very soon." Each "chapter", or policy areas, addresses specific issues in the accession process. "Chapter 17" is on economic and monetary policy.

"We have concluded our internal work and we will submit at the latest in early June our report to the council and [I] hope we will get approval soon so we can start and open this chapter," Hahn told the news conference.

Out of 35 policy areas, 14 have been opened and 17 remain blocked, including the ones on economic and monetary policy and on education and culture.

"I would like to stress Turkey does and will do her part in [the] accession process. However, the pace of negotiations is not promising, because some countries have raised obstacles," Turkey's chief EU negotiator, Bozkir, told the news conference.

"We expect this chapter [Chapter 17] to be opened as soon as possible," Bozkir said. "We are ready to intensify dialogue for deepening Turkey [and EU] relations."

The Cyprus issue remains a major political obstacle to Turkey's accession to the 28-nation bloc...

www.aa.com.tr
18/5/15
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