The nation is demanding entry into the European Union but cannot pry the door open.

Entry into the European Union will also make it easier for western European sides to tour the country.

Some people want to do that by vetoing Turkey's entry into the European Union, which would be a huge, huge mistake.

For his part, Mr. Bush today pressed the case for Turkey's entry into the European Union and promised wide-ranging economic support.

Mr President, it was with great enthusiasm that I voted for the entry into the European Union of the Republic of Cyprus.

Hayazn is against Armenia's possible entry into the European Union and calls on the government to opt out of the European Neighbourhood Policy.

However, these attitudes began to change after 2000, possibly due to Poland's entry into the European Union, increased travel abroad and more frequent encounters with people of other races.

Mr. Sarkozy opposes Turkey's entry into the European Union; Mr. Kouchner supports it.

In 1997, he described the Turkish establishment as "murderers, rapists and thieves" in the midst of disagreements over the Turkish candidacy for entry into the European Union.

The Czechs, eager to gain entry into the European Union, agreed to the unusual arrangement in order to stave off British threats to reimpose a visa requirement after 2,000 Czech Gypsies applied for asylum last year, citing persecution.

A new round of talks is to start today and United Nations negotiators are urging Cyprus's Greek and Turkish leaders to accept a plan to reunite the island ahead of Cyprus's entry into the European Union next year.

(IT) Mr President, I visited Croatia several times in the early 1990s, during the war, precisely in order to take humanitarian aid, and this is one of the reasons why I care about Croatia's entry into the European Union.

As a high-ranking Vatican official in 2004 - the year before he became pope - Benedict went on record opposing Turkey's entry into the European Union, saying, in effect, that a predominantly Muslim country would never fit into a Christian Europe.