"Turkey's tense situation raises EU's concerns
Turkey's tense situation raises EU's concerns
Recent threats made against the AKP government indicate that Turkey's political turmoil has intensified since 2007, writes Katinka Barysch of the Centre for European Reform in an April blog post.Armenia & the South Caucasus | The Caucasian Knot » Blog Archive » The Queen Talks Turkey
The different aspects of Queen Elizabeth’s Turkey visit
The official four-day visit to Turkey by British Queen Elizabeth II is being covered extensively by both the Turkish and the foreign press in all of its aspects.Could the EU become grounds for compromise?
It is completely normal that during this EU process almost everyone has certain expectations and everyone also has certain complaints because the EU accession process of course will not bring about an atmosphere in which all parties can be completely satisfied.IOL: Turks desires for Euro 2008
Turkey displayed a Jekyll and Hyde set of performances in qualifying for Euro 2008 and they will be earnestly hoping that if they produce their earlier form they can emulate the 2000 squad and at least make the quarterfinals."France singles out Turkey
A French parliamentary commission altered an amendment to the country's constitution that would have spared Turkey facing a mandatory referendum regarding its prospective EuropeanCHP fires shot at euro MP; misses
An ongoing quarrel between Turkey's social democrat opposition party and member of European Parliament's Green Party, Joost Lagendijk, took a bitter turn with calls being madePoliGazette » Dutch Euro MP and Turkish Party Fight
Turkey's main opposition party plans to open offices in Europe
Ertugrul Ozkok: Time to reunite Turkey, before focusing on the EU
Union méditerranéenne: pas une “alternative” à l’UE (Miliband)
Agence France Presse14 mai 2008, Ankara
Le chef de la diplomatie britannique David Miliband a déclaré mercredi à Ankara que le projet français d’une Union méditerranéenne ne pouvait pas constituer une alternative à l’élargissement de l’UE.
“L’Union méditerranéenne peut être et doit être un projet bénéfique pour l’Union européenne mais ne peut constituer, j’insiste là-dessus, une alternative à l’élargissement de Union européenne à la Turquie”, a déclaré M. Miliband au cours d’une conférence de presse commune avec son homologue turc Ali Babacan.
UE - L’organisation de l’Union pour la Méditerranée reste floue
Reuters, 16 mai 2008, Bruxelles
par David Brunnstrom et Yves Clarisse
La Commission européenne présentera mardi des propositions pour la mise en oeuvre de l’Union pour la Méditerranée (UPM) qui montreront surtout l’ampleur des divergences qui subsistent sur ce projet.
Deux mois avant le sommet de Paris qui, le 13 juillet prochain, doit porter l’UPM sur les fonts baptismaux, l’architecture institutionnelle et le financement de ce projet cher à Nicolas Sarkozy restent encore à déterminer.
