MEPs in the powerful Foreign Affairs Committee in the European Parliament have rejected the 'partnership' option for Turkey.
During a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday (30 November), MEPS rejected the idea of giving Turkey a "privileged partnership" instead of full membership if the country fails to brings itself into line with EU democracy criteria.
Elsewhere in the report, the euro-deputies supported the European Commission's line on Turkey by calling for EU governments "to open th...
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