{"id":98953,"date":"2005-10-17T10:19:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-17T10:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.moldova.org\/2005\/10\/17\/the-eu-and-turkey-the-start-of-a-new-relationship-5402-eng\/"},"modified":"2005-10-17T10:19:00","modified_gmt":"2005-10-17T10:19:00","slug":"the-eu-and-turkey-the-start-of-a-new-relationship-5402-eng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/the-eu-and-turkey-the-start-of-a-new-relationship-5402-eng\/","title":{"rendered":"The EU and Turkey – the start of a new relationship?"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

Thanks to the old EU practice of stopping the clock, Turkey and the British Presidency just managed to launch the Turkish accession negotiations before the stroke of midnight on Monday October 3rd. The next formal step in Turkey’s accession process will be the beginning of screening, due to start on October 20th.<\/p>\n

Just three hours before the Turkish Foreign Minister, Mr Abdullah Gül arrived in Luxembourg, it was still unclear whether the talks would actually start. Austria, which wants to see ‘privileged partnership’ included in the Negotiating Framework for Turkey, hung on until the very last moment, long after all other countries, including Cyprus, had fallen into line.
\nSome observers thought this last-ditch opposition, challenging a Council decision, was effectively a breach of the acquis communitaire.<\/p>\n

There was general relief that a breach with Turkey, with possibly momentous consequences, was averted but little rejoicing. In Turkey, commentators said wryly that people must decide whether the glass was half full or half empty. <\/p>\n

There are some grounds for optimism. Turkey has had a fully functioning customs union with the EU since 1996, a stage along the way in an Association Agreement aimed at full membership which was signed in 1963 and re-affirmed on several occasions. more in European Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>Thanks to the old EU practice of stopping the clock, Turkey and the British Presidency just managed to launch the Turkish accession negotiations before the stroke of midnight on Monday October 3rd. The next formal step in Turkey’s accession process will be the beginning of screening, due to start on October 20th. Just three hours […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

Thanks to the old EU practice of stopping the clock, Turkey and the British Presidency just managed to launch the Turkish accession negotiations before the stroke of midnight on Monday October 3rd. The next formal step in Turkey’s accession process will be the beginning of screening, due to start on October 20th.<\/p>\n

Just three hours before the Turkish Foreign Minister, Mr Abdullah Gül arrived in Luxembourg, it was still unclear whether the talks would actually start. Austria, which wants to see ‘privileged partnership’ included in the Negotiating Framework for Turkey, hung on until the very last moment, long after all other countries, including Cyprus, had fallen into line.
\nSome observers thought this last-ditch opposition, challenging a Council decision, was effectively a breach of the acquis communitaire.<\/p>\n

There was general relief that a breach with Turkey, with possibly momentous consequences, was averted but little rejoicing. In Turkey, commentators said wryly that people must decide whether the glass was half full or half empty. <\/p>\n

There are some grounds for optimism. Turkey has had a fully functioning customs union with the EU since 1996, a stage along the way in an Association Agreement aimed at full membership which was signed in 1963 and re-affirmed on several occasions. more in European Newsletter<\/p>\n

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