EU to stress positive in Turkey accession report

The European Union will present a positive report next month on Turkey’s chances of joining the bloc, the EU Enlargement Commissioner said on Friday, but added there were major differences over the divided island of Cyprus.

Commissioner Guenter Verheugen was speaking at a joint briefing with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, who was in Brussels as an observer of a summit of EU members and the 10 countries due to join the bloc next May.