Opposition’s leader rediscovers Brussels
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Hurriyet Daily News
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Şubat 09, 2009 00:00
ANKARA - The leader of the country’s main opposition party, Deniz Baykal, will travel to Brussels today to hold talks with European Union officials, after a five-year interval, his office said Sunday.
"The agenda of Chairman Deniz Baykal is the EU," read the Republican People’s Party, or CHP’s press release. Baykal’s first meeting will be with Olli Rehn, the enlargement commissioner. Tomorrow he will meet Jose Manuel Barroso, the chairman of the European Commission. The visit will help Baykal show his party is not against Turkey’s membership bid to the EU. Critics of the CHP argue the party is blocking key reforms.
During the visit, the inauguration of CHP’s Brussels’ office will also take place, established last year by Kader Sevinç, the party’s representative in Brussels. Baykal will also meet with Martin Schulz, chairman of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament.
He will convene with socialist deputies of the parliament later Tuesday. Baykal will also deliver a speech on Turkey-EU relations at the European Policy Center, or EPC.
During the visit, the inauguration of CHP’s Brussels’ office will also take place, established last year by Kader Sevinç, the party’s representative in Brussels. Baykal will also meet with Martin Schulz, chairman of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament.
He will convene with socialist deputies of the parliament later Tuesday. Baykal will also deliver a speech on Turkey-EU relations at the European Policy Center, or EPC.