EU urged to begin membership talks with Turkey
The European Parliament has urged European Union (EU) leaders to open entry talks with Turkey without undue delay.
European Union leaders meeting later today and tomorrow are due to decide whether or not to start negotiations with Turkey.
Many in Europe have misgivings about the prospect of membership for the poor and mostly Muslim state of 70 million people, but the EU legislature's members have voted 407 to 262 in favour of the motion calling for talks to start.
The Parliament's resolution urges close monitoring of Turkey's progress in improving human rights, religious freedom and women's rights and for talks to be suspended at any time, if Ankara back-tracks in any of these areas.
- Reuters
יתכן שהציבור האירופי חושב על בריטני ספירס, אבל אין לכך שום קשר לסיפור. מעניינת אותי התשובה לשאלה הבאה: האם היית נכנס/ת לאשכול הזה אילו שמה של בריטני לא היה מופיע בו?