Exactly one week before entry talks with Turkey are scheduled to start, Cyprus, France and Austria are trying to achieve a last-minute toughening-up of the negotiating framework, with Vienna also seeking the opening of talks with Croatia on the same day.
The negotiating framework with Turkey stipulates the different policy area chapters Ankara has to close during the talks, and how progress should be monitored.
A draft version of the framework was proposed before the summer by th...
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