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Enlargement nominee backs Turkish EU membership

Planting his flag firmly in the pro-Turkey camp, the European Commission's incoming enlargement and neighbourhood policy chief, the Czech Republic's Stefan Fuele, said Turkey could one day could become a full EU member during his Brussels interview with MEPs on Tuesday (12 January).

Despite high-level opposition in France and Germany to Ankara's accession, the 47-year-old career diplomat and ex-European affairs minister said he hoped to move forward with negotiations on his watch.

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