EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS Updated 21:40 CET - EU foreign ministers have clinched a deal on the fate of Turkey's membership talks, agreeing to freeze eight chapters in Ankara's EU negotiating book.
"This means there will not be a Turkey summit," said foreign minister Erkki Tuomioja of Finland which holds the EU presidency, referring to the averted scenario of Turkey dominating EU leaders' meeting on Thursday and Friday.
Member states agreed to suspend eight chapters of...
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