Sentence examples for start of membership from inspiring English sources

Would it be the non-ideological pragmatist, whose bold reforms had helped Turkey to secure the start of membership talks with the European Union in 2005?

The big EU expansion of May 2004 and the start of membership talks with Turkey last October have provoked a backlash against enlargement.

Denis MacShane, Britain's minister for Europe, said the "vast majority" of European Union countries supported the start of membership negotiations in the first half of next year.

This was followed by the start of membership negotiations with the central and eastern European countries themselves.By comparison with these grand projects, the past half-decade or so has seemed subdued.

The government also pushed through enough reforms to earn the start of membership talks with the European Union in 2005, a prize that had eluded Turkey for 40 years.

Everybody is aware that Croatia lost its promised date of March 17th for the start of membership talks, because the EU decided it was not complying with The Hague war-crimes tribunal.

They were first invited to start talks of membership during the 2002 Prague summit, and joined NATO on 29 March 2004, shortly before the 2004 Istanbul summit.

These benefits refresh at the start of each membership year.

The tickets will be issued to you at the start of each membership year.

The Turks want next December's EU summit in Copenhagen to set a firm date for the start of the membership talks that they feel Turkey now deserves.

Some observers see this as a sign of the "reform fatigue" bedevilling the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan ever since he won the date of October 3rd for the start of EU membership talks.