The Commission’s conclusions, however, were clear: it “considers that Turkey sufficiently fulfills the political criteria and recommends that accession negotiations be opened.”  Were Europe’s leaders to now balk at beginning accession talks with Turkey, they would not only contradict their own previous decisions; they would also be in clear breach of the Union’s repeated political commitments to Turkey.
Les conclusions de la Commission, cependant, étaient claires : elle « considčre que la Turquie répond suffisamment bien aux critčres politiques et recommande que les négociations pour l’accession soient ouvertes. »