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These negotiations are to agree the conditions that Turkey would need to meet financially before EU membership could even be considered NOT negotiations for Turkey's EU membership.....and therefore a non story. Also, 34 other preconditions need negotiating. If Turkey does eventually join it will be just that....years/decades down the line.
So junior officials are continuing talks with their Turkish counterparts which first commenced in 2005?
Is that newsworthy?
There are five countries wishing to join the EU and I fully expect that meetings like this are happening all the time.
None will be reported as they are of no real interest to anyone apart from Facebook (), Ian Duncan Smith and for some bizarre reason the business section of the Washington Post.