The EU warned Turkey that it risks losing pre-accession funds proposed for next year if it invades northern Iraq.
The European Commission proposed on Wednesday a revised Accession Partnership for Turkey as well as a significant increase of the EU pre-accession financial support for the next three years, ranging from 250 million euro in 2004, 300 million euro in 2005 and 500 million in 2006.
But in a veiled threat, EU enlargement Commissioner Günter Verheugen stressed that these p...
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