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MEPs say Turkey should step up its efforts if it wants to go ahead on the route to EU membership (Photo: EUobserver)

MEPs back Armenia genocide clause in Turkey report

Turkey should recognize the Armenian genocide as a condition for its EU accession, MEPs argue in a highly critical report adopted by a broad majority in Strasbourg on Monday (4 September).

The parliamentarians in the foreign affairs committee strongly criticised Turkey's slow pace on reforms and urged clear progress in solving the Cyprus issue.

They stressed that the next step in the country's membership talks "will have to depend" on its pre-accession talks committments "includin...

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MEPs say Turkey should step up its efforts if it wants to go ahead on the route to EU membership (Photo: EUobserver)

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