(DIP) EUROPEAN LAWMAKER EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP.ANKARA, Oct 26, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- A European lawmaker voiced strong support for Turkish membership in the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community , urging concerted effort for Turkey's accession Coming into possession of a right or office; increase; augmentation; addition. The right to all that one's own property produces, whether that property be movable or immovable; and the right to that which is united to it by accession, either naturally or artificially. to the Union. "I believe in a dream of an EU with Turkey in it. A Europe with Turkey as a part of it would make greater contributions to peace," said Helen Flautre, co-chairwoman of the Turkey-EU Joint Parliamentary Commission. Flautre said Turkish government's latest move to widen democratic rights and freedoms was important for the democratization de·moc·ra·tize tr.v. de·moc·ra·tized, de·moc·ra·tiz·ing, de·moc·ra·tiz·es To make democratic. de·moc of country, expressing support for also Turkey's "zero problem policy" with its neighbors. "The protocols that Turkey signed with Armenia were even impossible to dream of just a couple of years back," Flautre told a meeting of the commission in Ankara, the Turkish capital. Flautre said European Commission's progress report on Turkey was "cold and lacked optimism." "Turkey has successfully made a number of reforms over the last few years and the Turkish society is vibrant with its political and social transformation," she said. (MB-E) (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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