"The EU should work to bridge the west and Islam"

“Towards this end, Turkey is a very important country,” he added, even as German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is in the midst of a visit to Ankara. In related news, speaking at a press conference yesterday, German government spokesman Thomas Steg said that he was sure that Turkey was following the right path for its European Union membership bid, adding that Berlin should deal with the bid determinedly and justly.