EU akkoord met raamwerk toetredingsonderhandelingen Turkije en Kroatië (en)

Met dank overgenomen van Brits voorzitterschap Europese Unie 2e helft 2005, gepubliceerd op dinsdag 4 oktober 2005.

(04/10/05)

12514/05 (Presse 241)

General Affairs and External Relations

2678th Council Meeting

Luxembourg, 3 October 2005

Main Results of the Council

The Council approved a framework for negotiations with Turkey on its accession to the EU, as mandated by the European Council last December, thus enabling the negotiations to begin immediately after the meeting.

It also gave the go-ahead to accession negotiations with Croatia, on the basis of a positive assessment of Croatia's cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, enabling the negotiations to begin immediately after the meeting.

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