The formal accession talks now under way are divided into 35 subjects or "chapters".

They should be included as applicant members at the accession talks next July.

Our role is to assess whether Turkey has met the political criteria necessary for beginning accession talks.

These accession talks will mark the beginning of a long and open-ended process.

We adopted the transitional measures during the accession talks, as part of the deal.

This has not prevented the country from starting accession talks.

It is necessary to freeze accession talks with Turkey completely.

I believe that the accession talks with Croatia will be completed by the end of 2009.

We also consider the unblocking of the accession talks with Croatia to be important.

As the accession talks proceed we must take stock of what progress the applicant countries are also making in this area.