I translate : Turkey makes efforts to enter in Europe
Posted on 10/07/2004 1:01:50 AM PDT by OldGuardChampion
Turkey Gets Nod From European Union
By ROBERT WIELAARD Associated Press Writer
STRASBOURG, France (AP) -- The European Union has recommend Turkey be put on the path to full membership, a historic move that could push Europe's borders to the Middle East and stoked fears among Europeans wary of bringing a poor Muslim country into the prosperous bloc.
Reflecting widespread misgivings, the 30-member EU executive commission on Wednesday set tough conditions to prevent Turkey from backtracking on sweeping democratic and human rights reforms, prompting a sharp response from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Erdogan bristled at any suggestion that Turkey was not a shoo-in to join the EU, and chided Chirac for seeking a referendum on Turkish EU membership, saying none of the 10 EU members that joined the bloc in May had to first win voter approval.
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Turkish membership would bring Europe's borders to Syria and Iraq - a fact that opponents say moves Europe too close to the unstable Middle East.
"The unthinkable is becoming reality. The largest member state of the EU will not even be a European country," said EU lawmaker Philip Claeys, a member from Belgium's far-right Flemish Bloc party.
Mainstream leaders have also expressed skepticism about allowing in a secular Muslim nation with a weak economy and a questionable human rights record, whose projected population would be the largest in the EU by 2025.
The opening of membership talks would be warmly welcomed in Washington, where successive presidents including Bill Clinton and George W. Bush publicly called on the EU to absorb Turkey, a loyal NATO ally.
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One by one the "Revived Roman Empire" is being accomplished.
Oh goody!
The EU is importing its own poison.
Turkey seems to have moderated. That being said, this is not a good idea. I can only see a disasterous aftermath to this.
Europe is fading daily....this will just speed things up a bit...pass the popcorn!
One that bows to Mecca.
Just great, give third-world Muslims even freer access to Europe. Say by-by, Europe.
Oh my god protect us. Turkey in EU, it's the end. No Turkey in Europe, never.
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What's your problem? It means that the superstate goes permanently off the agenda.
"No Turkey in Europe, never."
What about fried chicken? (Baddah-BUMP!)
I don't understand what it's mean, repost please.
Who is "superstate" ?
What's wrong with Turkey ?
Let me try it this way:
"No Turkey in Europe, never."
But how do you feel about fried chicken? (Rimshot)
It is very funny excuse me, I didn't understand, french are very slow on the uptake american jokes, and I am french.
Turkey is an islamist country, and doesn't belong to Europe, Turkey has 80 million people, women don't have the same rights than in the others european countries. Do you know the last law they wanted to do in this country about the adulterous. Europe is Christian, Aznar wanted this term in European constitution, but unfortunately he is no more here to opposite, Chirac wants Turkey in Europe and others countries like Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, he wants to do Eurabia, I hope it will be somebody to stop him, perhaps Bush will stop him.
Bienvenue a FreeRepublic, Marie007. Refreshing to read your posts.
I translate : Turkey makes efforts to enter in Europe
Excuse me but I live in France and I have not the same hours.
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