The German conservative opposition may make its consent to the EU Constitution dependent on the right to veto Turkey's accession to the EU, according to German media.
Politicians belonging to the conservative CDU/CSU, which is against Turkish EU membership, on Monday (21 June) demanded that the decision on whether or not to open accession talks with Ankara would be subject to a two-thirds majority vote in the German Parliament's Lower House.
This would enable the conservatives t...
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