On the eve of a key foreign ministers' meeting on Turkey, Austria has said it wants a loose partnership with Ankara to be explicitly mentioned as an alternative to full Turkish EU membership.
Turkey will dominate the agenda at the informal gathering in Newport, Wales, tomorrow and Friday (1 and 2 September).
Member states have in principle agreed that talks with Ankara should start on 3 October.
The European Commission formulated the draft negotiating terms before the summ...
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