首先，尽管在修辞层面(会称其为入盟谈判)，但实际上加入欧盟完全不涉及任何谈判。

The first is that, despite the rhetoric, joining the EU does not really involve any negotiation at all.

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使用反叙法这种修辞方法来说，很可惜，土耳其的入盟谈判一年内都没有任何新的进展。

Resorting to litotes, it said "the accession negotiations with Turkey have regrettably not moved into any new areas for a year."

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