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April 20, 2018 www.intellinews.com
Splits apparent in EU over enlargement
bne IntelliNews
There was good news for two of the EU accession candidates in the Western Balkans on April 17, with the European Commission recommending the start of accession negotiations with Albania and Macedonia in its latest set of enlargement progress reports.
The reports were issued two months after the
Turkey’s Erdogan
calls snap landmark elections set to deliver one-man rule
bne IntelliNews
Turkish markets on April 18 reacted positively to an announcement of snap elections that on June 24 could essentially deliver Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan one-man rule.
Commission put forward a new strategy document with which it intends to give a fresh impetus to
the bloc’s southeastward enlargement, which had stalled since Croatia’s accession in 2013.
The strategy gave new hope to most of the six
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Turkish President Recep Erdogan.
The parliamentary and presidential elections, previously scheduled for November 2019, are landmark polls as they will usher in the executive
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