Olli Rehn
Olli Rehn
Olli Ilmari Rehn; born 31 March 1962 in Mikkeli, Finland) is a Finnish politician, who is the Minister of Economic Affairs in Juha Sipilä's cabinet. Previously, he served as European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro of the European Commission from 2009 to 2014 and the European Commissioner for Enlargement from 2004 to 2010. Rehn is a member of the Centre Party of Finland...
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The negotiations, once started, will certainly be long and difficult. And in many ways the process of negotiations and reform will be as important as the outcome.
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Bold and significant reforms have been undertaken in Turkey in the last couple of years. However, the pace of change has slowed in 2005 and even though there is progress in implementation it still remains uneven. Therefore, significant further efforts are needed,
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This is a litmus test whether Turkey is seriously committed to the freedom of expression and reforms that enhance the rule of law and benefit all Turkish citizens.
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The agreement ... paves the way for a smooth adoption of the negotiating framework and thus the opening of the accession negotiations with Turkey,
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The agreement between the member states paves the way for a smooth adoption of the negotiating framework and thus the opening of the accession negotiations with Turkey on Oct. 3,
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Serbia truly is at a crossroads today. It's clear 2006 is a year of major challenges.
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Serbia still has some weeks to achieve full cooperation -- roughly at the end of March.
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They can count on it that the EU will in principle use the same logic and calculations as during the expansion from 15 to 25.
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Urgent efforts are needed here as nobody should be above the law,
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During the negotiations we will continue to monitor progress closely and the European Commission will not hesitate to recommend the suspension of negotiations if the efforts
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Turkey's fit to open the negotiations with the European Union,
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We should either have the constitutional treaty in force or we should decide how we amend or develop the provisions of the current treaty,
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I am confident we will have a positive outcome and start negotiations (with Turkey) tomorrow.
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I am confident that the member states will agree on a counter-declaration and on the negotiating framework so that talks can start on Oct. 3,