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Turkey be offered an
alternative to full membership
Ankara is due to start negotiations on Monday but
Austria has plunged the launch into doubt by
insisting that Turkey be offered an alternative to
full membership.
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan signalled on Monday
that Turkey was not prepared to compromise further
on the conditions for the opening of its European
Union
entry talks.
"We have protected and are continuing to protect our
stance (on the talks), which is appropriate to
Turkey's national interests and political
principles," Erdogan told a gathering of his ruling
AK Party to loud applause.
Ankara is due to start negotiations on Monday but
Austria has plunged the launch into doubt by
insisting that Turkey be offered an alternative to
full membership.
Separately, foreign ministry spokesman Namik Tan
told reporters that Turkey rejected any proposed
changes to the European Union framework agreement.
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