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Since the Helsinki Council, the European Union pretends to consider Turkey as a ‘normal’ candidate, just like the others, and is turning a blind eye to the basic problems of its accession application. The Brok report introduces some ambiguity since, after rejecting an amendment which would have confirmed the status of Turkey as a full candidate, it nevertheless asks the European Council ‘to commit itself … to developing the accession process’.
We believe it would be completely premature for the Copenhagen Council to set a date for the commencement of accession negotiations with Turkey. We think it would be equally premature to set a date as of now for a future meeting at which the opening date would be set. We must not allow ourselves to be caught in the trap of pre-established timetables, which are skilfully used by Eurocrats, banking on the weakness of the Member States.
The Helsinki Council committed a serious error in 1999, in recognising Turkey as a ‘European’ State that would be eligible for accession to the Union. In fact, Turkey does not fall within the scope of Article 49 of the Treaty on European Union with regard to accession. On the other hand, it would be perfectly suited to a place within a broad, renewed Euro-Mediterranean partnership."@en1
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