Ad

Sarkozy wants national parliaments to control Turkey accession talks

French interior minister and presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy has called for national parliaments' control of the EU’s ongoing accession negotiations with Turkey and Croatia, while proposing quick implementation of parts of the EU constitution.

The French centre-right politician, who is seen as a strong candidate for France’s presidential elections in 2007, set out his ideas in a speech before the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, the German conservative CDU’s think-tank, in Berlin on Thur...

Get EU news that matters

Back our independent journalism by becoming a supporting member

Already a member? Login here
Ad