EU-skeptic CHP, MHP losing their right to criticize

The government's Third National Program for EU harmonization was met with great interest by the Democratic Society Party (DTP), the Democratic Leftist Party (DSP), the Grand Unity Party (BBP) and the Freedom and Democracy Party (ÖDP). But the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the Republican People's Party (CHP) have taken an adversarial stance toward the program. Foreign Minister Ali Babacan, who requested... [read full story]