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Turkey - Austria wants the word "accession" to be scrapped from the first paragraph of the negotiating text (Photo: European Commission)

Emergency meeting on Turkey scheduled

The UK presidency on Thursday announced an emergency meeting of foreign ministers on Turkey's EU membership bid. The meeting is to be held on Sunday - the day before entry talks with Turkey are scheduled to start.

Talks at the ambassadorial level broke down on Thursday (29 October), as Austria continues to block the framework for membership negotiations with Turkey.

The UK presidency has now told foreign ministers to be ready to jet to Luxembourg on Sunday evening - before the of...

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Turkey - Austria wants the word "accession" to be scrapped from the first paragraph of the negotiating text (Photo: European Commission)

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