That is largely due to Turkey's sluggish reform progress and its refusal to open its ports and airports to traffic from EU-member Cyprus, as a result of which eight of the negotiation chapters remain frozen.
Razlog tome je uglavnom spor reformski napredak Turske i njeno odbijanje da otvori svoje luke i aerodrome za saobraćaj sa Kipra, koji je član EU, zbog čega je osam pregovaračkih poglavlja i dalje zamrznuto.