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Press Briefing: Previewing President Biden’s Meeting with President Lula of Brazil
February 6, 2023 • 10:30 – 11:15 am EST
The Belgian rotating presidency marked the first time that Turkey was unable to open a new chapter since beginning its accession negotiations with the EU in October 2005. With only one of the thirty five chapters ‘provisionally closed’ and eighteen chapters ‘politically blocked,’ the EU accession process is now effectively stalled with significant implications not only for Turkey and the EU but also for the US which has been strongly supportive of Turkish membership.