Irish Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore addresses the 66th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, September 26, 2011. REUTERS/Mike Segar
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - European Union ministers said they were hopeful of reaching an agreement on Tuesday that would delay reviving membership talks with Turkey to signal European concerns over Ankara's handling of weeks of protests.
Germany, backed by several other states, has blocked an EU proposal to open a new chapter, or policy area, in slow-moving membership talks with Turkey on Wednesday because it believes it would send the wrong signal so soon after the crackdown.
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