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Article: Italian Church leader says EU should favor countries of `European culture' ahead of Turkey
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- September 28, 2004
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AP Worldstream
09-28-2004
Dateline: ROME
The European Union should favor countries of "European culture," like Ukraine and Moldava, in its expansion plans before considering membership for Turkey, a senior official of the Italian Roman Catholic Bishops Conference said Tuesday.
Many Europeans have raised questions about letting Turkey become the bloc's first predominantly Muslim member.
While Bishop Giuseppe Betori, the conference's secretary, spoke of differences of culture _ and made no mention of religion _ the Vatican has insisted Christianity has been one of the main influences on ...