"The opening of the accession negotiations is a recognition of the reforms already achieved in Turkey," Rehn told reporters in Brussels. "It gives this country a chance to demonstrate, through a fair and rigorous negotiation process, whether it is able to meet fully all the criteria required to join the EU," he added.
“Otvaranje pregovora o pridruživanju predstavlja priznanje reformama koje je Turska već sprovela”, rekao je Ren novinarima u Briselu. “To je prilika za tu zemlju da pokaže, u jednom pravičnom i rigoroznom pregovaračkom procesu, da je u stanju da u potpunosti ispuni sve kriterijume za ulazak u EU”, dodao je on.