I'm very pleased to announce that agreement has now been reached that negotiations on Turkey's accession into the European Union can and will begin in the very near future,

Agreement has now been reached that negotiations on Turkey's accession to the European Union can and will begin in the very near future,

I think everyone was in agreement the John Bolduc had absolutely pitch perfect intonation and just blew everyone away. He had the biggest audience response. As for Taylor, she had such poise for her age. I thought she was really good. In fact, I thought she was even better the night before.

I don't want anybody to underestimate the difficulties ahead,

to ensure that both sides stick by the commitments which we have already entered into.

There are now discussions taking place on other aspects of the negotiating framework, principally on this issue about absorption capacity and privileged partnership,