EU: CONTINUING REFORMS, TURKEY CAN FIX PROGRESS BY YEAREND
PanARMENIAN.Net
25.06.2008 17:56 GMT+04:00
The European Union thinks that if Turkey continues reform it can
fix progress by the yearend, according to Krisztina Nagy, European
Commission’s spokeswoman for enlargement.
"Turkey is striding steadily toward the European Union. However,
accession to the Union is long process. Turkey has already carried
out a number of reforms, including cancellation of death penalty,
consolidation of civil control over the armed forces and introduction
of some amendments to the Constitution. Turkey also fixed progress
in securing women and children’s rights," she said.
"But there is still a great deal of work to do. Turkey should develop
its economy and demonstrate ability to carry out reforms in all fields,
what implies adoption of 80 thousand pages of EU laws and standards,"
she said, Azeri Trend news agency reports.