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Well, I am of two minds about it. Eastern Europe has just joined the EU and needs to reap the benefits of their economical and political efforts before we "spring" another country on them.

Given its economy and population, Turkey will change the EU economical scene almost overnight, and I'm worried about the newest members discovering that they just lost their fiscal and cost-of-life advantages after just a few years.

Anyway we are talking about Turkey in EU not earlier than in 10 years.

"Turkey will change the EU economical scene almost overnight, and I'm worried about the newest members discovering that they just lost their fiscal and cost-of-life advantages after just a few years."

Actually for new EU members access to common market is the most important. Poland will get net about 1,5 - 2 billion a year from EU. It's a lot of cash, but anyway It's only about 40 Euro per citizen. It won't be any disaster If Turkey get half or even most of these money. Also Turkey doesn't have to get full funds since the first day in EU. Farmers in the new EU members get only about 30% of subsidies that framers in old EU members get. The same should be with Turkey. My opinion is that there shouldn't be any subsidies for farmers in EU.

And by the way, what do you think about so called tax dumping in new EU members ?