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The New Anatolian, Turkey
Nov 9 2006
Lagendijk praises the report
The New Anatolian /Ankara
The regular report of the European Commission on Turkey was greeted
yesterday as an objective one which brought no new expectations to
Turkey in the words of Joost Lagendijk, the co-chair of the
Turco-European Joint Parliamentary Commission.
Lagendijk said right after the publication of the report that the
most important parts of the report were those on the
military-civilian relationship and freedom of expression.
He added that the many points in the European Parliament report,
penned by Dutch Rapporteur Camiel Eurlings, were not reflected in the
final version. The Parliament report had referred to the Turkish
recognition of an Armenian "genocide" as a precondition to
membership, although the reference was taken out at the last minute.
Lagendijk said that the report gave Turkey an additional three-four
weeks to Turkey to open its airports and harbors to the Greek
Cypriots and lack of progress might have negative consequences on
Turkey's EU membership, said the Dutch Green deputy.
Nov 9 2006
Lagendijk praises the report
The New Anatolian /Ankara
The regular report of the European Commission on Turkey was greeted
yesterday as an objective one which brought no new expectations to
Turkey in the words of Joost Lagendijk, the co-chair of the
Turco-European Joint Parliamentary Commission.
Lagendijk said right after the publication of the report that the
most important parts of the report were those on the
military-civilian relationship and freedom of expression.
He added that the many points in the European Parliament report,
penned by Dutch Rapporteur Camiel Eurlings, were not reflected in the
final version. The Parliament report had referred to the Turkish
recognition of an Armenian "genocide" as a precondition to
membership, although the reference was taken out at the last minute.
Lagendijk said that the report gave Turkey an additional three-four
weeks to Turkey to open its airports and harbors to the Greek
Cypriots and lack of progress might have negative consequences on
Turkey's EU membership, said the Dutch Green deputy.