France is ready to remove its veto on one of the five chapters that it had blocked during Turkey's accession talks with the EU. Turkey must open and close 35 chapters to be entitled for EU membership and Turkey, although initiating the negotiations in 2005, has completed only one chapter to date. France vetoed five chapters during Sarkozy's presidency, yet his successor Hollande softened the bad blood by signaling that political and economic criteria would determine Turkey's membership rather than completely resisting Turkey's membership on ideological grounds. Turkey, meanwhile, has been showing sympathy to other multinational organizations due to the fizzling EU accession process. In June 2012, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SOC) approved Turkey's Dialogue Partner status, which was followed by PM Erdogan's idea to join the SOC and forget about the EU. This was perceived as a threat to the EU community to accelerate the membership process. 
Source: bne