Politics:

"Privileged partnership" with the EU doesn't suit Turkey

Turkey staked out a claim on integration into the EU 45 years ago. However, no one knows yet how long it will take to allow Ankara's claims; in any case a couple of long years should definitely be taken into consideration.

February 2, 2008
The latest statement made by Nicola Sarkozy and Angel Merkel regarding Turkey's possibility of integration into the EU, was naturally not something new or unexpected, in any case for the President of France. "Turkey may have no place in the EU with the reason, that it is situated in Asia Minor. If we keep on continually broadening the EU, in this way we will destroy the political Europe," emphasized the French President. One of the most interesting things in the statement is that the Europeans "suddenly" found out that from geographic point of view (not to mention the political point of view) Turkey is not at all a European country.
 
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