Crunch time for Turkey – EurActiv runs in-depth coverage

It’s time to pull out the phrase HISTORIC once again!

However, good EU coverage takes more than just digging the right buzzwords out of the phrase books.

So EurActiv.com is marking the EU’s decision on opening membership negotiations with Turkey on 3 October 2005 with a Special Week of coverage running from Thursday 29 September to Wednesday 5 October.

We aim to keep a close watch on policy moves in the run-up to and in the aftermath of the decision. The ongoing news coverage will be backed up by a series of in depth articles explaining a number of relevant background issues:

Thu, 29 Sept: The key issues of Turkey’s prospective EU membership - institutional, political, practical; moot points; potentials
Fri, 30 Sept: EU-wide public opinion + member state positions on Turkish membership
Mon, 3 Oct: Institutional/procedural aspects - negotiation procedure, rules, chapters, negotiators
Mon, 3 Oct: Interviews with key players
Tue-Wed, 4-5 Oct: Follow-up, reactions, perspectives

EurActiv will be available for comment:

Press contacts

Publisher: Christophe Leclercq tel: +32 (0) 2 226 5813
News Editor: Jacob Langvad tel: +32 (0) 2 788 3679

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