''Government's willingness as regards to full membership to the European Union (EU) is still alive. EU continue to be our main priority,'' Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said on Tuesday. Making a keynote speech at Justice & Development Party (AKP) group meeting, Gul recalled that several media organs recently asked questions like, ''does the government deviate from its EU target?''or''has the government lost its excitement for EU?''

Denying all those allegations FM stated that, ''our primary target is to make Turkish nation to reach a living standard at the EU level.''