FRANCE: EU-TURKEY TALKS WON’T RESULT IN MEMBERSHIP

PanARMENIAN.Net
17.07.2008 17:48 GMT+04:00

France gave green light to continuation of the EU-Turkey talks but
we rule out that these talks will result in membership, France’s
Ambassador to Armenia Serge Smessov said in an interview with
PanARMENIAN.Net.

"France’s President has outlined his position precisely. Anyway,
the issue will be put on referendum," he said.

On June 26, France’s Senate dropped a measure from a proposed law that
requires a referendum on Turkey’s membership in the European Union. It
was one of the most sensitive parts of a broader institutional
reform package going through the French Parliament and required a
referendum before France could approve EU membership for any country
whose population exceeds 5 per cent of the population of the entire
27-nation union.