"There has been no train crash -- the train is still firmly on track," British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett, whose country is one of the strongest supporters of Turkey's EU membership bid, said after the December meeting. "Eight chapters have been suspended -- 27 out of 35 are not frozen, and there is every prospect that things will work steadily and effectively to make Turkey, in the fullness of time, a member of the EU."
“Nije došlo do nesreće – voz je i dalje čvrsto na šinama”, rekla je posle decembarskog sastanka Margaret Beket, šefica britanske diplomatije čija je zemlja jedna od najsnažnijih zagovornika ulaska Turske u EU. “Osam poglavlja je suspendovano – 27 od 35 nije zamrznuto i sve su šanse da će stvari na efikasan način ići u dobrom pravcu, tako da Turska u najoptimalnijem vremenskom roku postane članica EU.”