Turkish membership will require a new treaty. Several EU nations constitutionally mandate a referendum to approve all new treaties. If nothing else puts a stop to all this sound and fury, signify nothing, then the task will fall to the Irish or the Danes..
In my view, for Turkey to join, some way will have to be found so that not a single EU nation votes on approving membership, because I think the voters of every single EU nation will reject Turkey easily.
EUcrat: And this will be a problem because..?
(Also, I'm not sure you are right. A new accession is not the same as a new Treaty. I cannot remember Denmark or Ireland having referenda on Bulgarian and Romanian entry.)
[quote]In my view, for Turkey to join, some way will have to be found so that not a single EU nation votes on approving membership, because I think the voters of every single EU nation will reject Turkey easily.[quote]
If that vote falls on the general population of the Europeans, there is no way Turkey would gain membership.
"Europeans Reject Turkey, Poll Shows"
Turkey's campaign to join the EU suffered a blow yesterday when a survey found that only just over a third of Europeans back its membership.
http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/7-18-2005-73356.asp
The politicians on the other hand, are another story.