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EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said there was "plenty of work" for
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"Turkey needs to seriously resume reforms enhancing fundamental freedoms," Rehn told Reuters in an interview in Washington, where he was meeting U.S. State Department and World Bank officials to discuss a range of issues, including Turkey.
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"It was last promised in January and then by April and we have not seen it. Therefore we cannot open a chapter (negotiations) on social policy in employment as there is no agreement," Rehn said.
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Opinion polls show many Turks feel the EU has cooled toward the country and that the bloc will not accept
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'BREAK THAT NEGATIVE CIRCLE'
Rehn conceded the EU must work harder to counter doubts inside
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"The way to break that negative circle is to be fair and firm," he said. "The EU must stick to its commitment to
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Rehn said several negotiating areas, or chapters, were expected to open in the final month of the
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On taxation, for example, agreement was near, bringing to 11 the number of chapters opened so far of the 35
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The EU began accession talks with
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Rehn said the financial crisis, European Parliamentary elections and other domestic concerns had pushed enlargement down the EU's agenda.
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"There is a certain degree of enlargement fatigue that has developed in