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Olli Rehn

Former advisor of Finland Prime Minister, Olli Rehn is a European Commissioner for the Enlargement in the José Manuel Barroso Commission. A reporter for several newspapers and magazines since 1985, he also authored The Comeback of History: Rebounds of Liberalism in Europe since 1989.

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“Let’s give Turkey a chance”

by Olli Rehn

9 September 2005

On December, 2004, the Heads of State and Government of the European Union decided to open negotiations with Turkey so that it joined the EU, because Europe needs a stable, democratic, prosperous Turkey, which coexists in peace with its neighbors and be respectful of their values in every sense. (…)