DUBLIN
A positive signal came out on Monday from the informal ministerial meeting of the EU to open new chapter headings with Turkey.
EU commissioner for enlargement Stefan Fule said that no chapter headings had been opened with Turkey in the last five EU term presidencies, adding that Monday's meeting showed that EU member states were willing to recover Turkey's membership talks by opening new chapter headings.
Fule said that reform process in Turkey constituted a sound basis to open new chapters, adding that the reforms were the pushing force of the membership negotiations.
Opening chapters regarding basic rights would be for the interest of not only Turkey but also the EU, added Fule.
