Turkish Minister for European Union (EU) Affairs and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis said Thursday that “Turkey did not say ‘yes’ to everything in its EU process”.
Addressing members of the Aegean Chamber of Industry (EBSO) in western province of Izmir, Bagis said that there have been positive developments in the Turkish economy recently.
“In only a period of 10 years, Turkey has become the most successful economy in Europe,” Bagis stressed.
“13 out of 33 chapters have been opened to talks in Turkey’s EU process. Out of the remaining 20 chapters, 17 have been blocked due to political reasons. They are trying to open those 3 chapters to talks. However, we keep telling them that if the incentives in the free trade zones are to be lifted in order for the chapter on competition to be opened, we do not want that chapter to be opened to talks. We just do not say ‘yes’ to everything in the EU process. We have an upright position in the EU process,” Bagis said.
Source: TurkishNY
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