(GEN) MAIN OPPOSITION LAWMAKER IN ITALY SAYS EU NEEDS TURKEY Sunday, 05.Sep.2010, 17:27 (GMT+2) ROME (A.A) - A Italian lawmaker with the country's mainopposition Democratic Party has voiced support for Turkey's European Unionmembership bid, saying that the Union needed the Turkish accession."As the EU, we need Turkey, which is a key country for it stands at thecrossroads of energy routes,"Francesco Tempestini told a meeting in Rome onSaturday.Tempestini criticized skepticism of certain countries on Turkey's fullmembership in the EU."It is true that Turkey has some problems as far as the Copenhagen Criteriaare concerned. But these problems may well be overcome after Turkey becomes an EUmember,"Tempestini said.(Ä°MB-AY)
ROME (A.A) - A Italian lawmaker with the country's mainopposition Democratic Party has voiced support for Turkey's European Unionmembership bid, saying that the Union needed the Turkish accession."As the EU, we need Turkey, which is a key country for it stands at thecrossroads of energy routes,"Francesco Tempestini told a meeting in Rome onSaturday.Tempestini criticized skepticism of certain countries on Turkey's fullmembership in the EU."It is true that Turkey has some problems as far as the Copenhagen Criteriaare concerned. But these problems may well be overcome after Turkey becomes an EUmember,"Tempestini said.(Ä°MB-AY)
Germany's defense minister says the commander of the troubled navy training ship has been relieved of his duties and the vessel ordered to return amid questions surrounding the death of a sailor on board late last year. Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg said the Gorch Fock would remain in port pending the results of an investigation into the death of the 25-year-old sailor who plunged from the ship's rigging in November. Guttenberg told ARD public broadcaster on Saturday Jan. 22, 2011 the ship would not be used for training pending the outcome of an investigation. Guttenberg consistently polls as one of the nation's most popular politicians, but has come under pressure in recent weeks over a series of issues in the military, including the death on the Gorch Fock.
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