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EU report sidesteps crisis over Turkey's membership talks - by Nicolas Watt
The European Union will today refrain from triggering a crisis in Turkey's membership negotiations in the hope of encouraging a deal on Cyprus by the end of the year.
In its annual report on Turkey yesterday, the European Commission will criticise Ankara for slowing reforms on human rights and for refusing to open its ports and airports to Greek Cyprus, whose government is recognised by the EU as the government of the whole island. But Olli Rehn, the European enlargement commissioner, who had said the report could set the scene for a "train crash" in the negotiations, will stop short of recommending any punishment. His approach is designed to create time for a final push on Cyprus before EU leaders decide at next month's annual pre-Christmas summit whether to punish Turkey.
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