EC PRESIDENT BARROSO: "I’M CONCERNED ABOUT TURKEY NOT MEETING ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER ANKARA PROTOCOL"

Turkish Press
Nov 20 2006

In remarks published over the weekend, European Commission President
Jose Manuel Barroso said that Turkey ‘s not implementing its
obligations coming from the Ankara Protocol would affect all membership
negotiations. Speaking to German daily Tagesspiegel, Barroso said,
"I am concerned about developments," adding, " Turkey hasn’t yet
fulfilled its commitments emanating from the Ankara Protocol. The
European Union requested this last year. If Turkey doesn’t fulfill its
commitments, all membership negotiations would be affected." In related
news, French daily Le Figaro claimed that there was a conspiracy
against Turkey ‘s EU membership. Writing on "Who’s against Turkey
‘s EU membership?" question Writer Alexandre Adler argued that Turkey
‘s real enemies lie among the fundamentalist Christians inclined to
racism, not Armenians, Greek Cypriots or Greeks.