Electing a New People
am 29.09.2005 von http://lawjustice.blogspot.comTurkey = EU Member. The decision has already been taken. Todays EUobserver reports:Talks at the ambassadorial level broke down on Thursday (29 October), as Austria continues to block the framework for membership negotiations with Turkey.The UK presidency has now told foreign ministers to be ready to jet to Luxembourg on Sunday evening - before the official ministers meeting on Monday (3 October) which is supposed to greenlight the start of the accession negotiations.Austria demands that the first and crucial paragraph of the negotiating framework, setting out the principles of the EU talks with Turkey, be substantially altered - changing the aim of the talks from full membership to a completely open-ended scenario.This reflects Viennas rejection of full membership for Turkey, instead preferring a loose partnership with Ankara. The Austrians have demanded the word accession to be scrapped altogether from the paragraph, and the words possible alternative bond inserted elsewhere.European diplomats commented that the deleting of the word accession is impossible, as this would be in breach of the EU leaders own conclusions last December [pdf] - stating that the goal of the talks is accession. In October 2004 the Commission still underlined that accession negotiations are by its nature an open-ended process. …
Some Members of European Parliament defy Turkey on eve of entry talks
Law & Justice / Today, the European Parliament postponed the ratification of a key customs agreement with Turkey. It was an initiative of the EPP group. However, the postponement doesnt delay the start of the accession talks with Turkey, which are due to start on 3 …
Quote about EU Enlargement and Turkey
Law & Justice / Wolfgang Schäuble in todays International Herald Tribune, when asked why not grant full membership to Turkey if it meets all the EUs political, economic and human rights criteria:What we are concerned about is Europes borders and the support of Euro…
Danish Prime Minister Expresses Doubt over Turkish EU Membership
Law & Justice / In the Danish newspaper Politiken, the Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen wrote a column saying In the EU we are now hurrying towards further talks on new enlargements - with Turkey for instance. This is something that a lot of ordinary Euro…
Turkey and the European Union
Law & Justice / In this week’s newspapers one could read several interesting articles about EU law and more in particular the debate about the enlargement of the EU.On the one hand it is obvious from several polls that there is very little support from European pe…
Majority of Europeans is Racist? Newspeak in European Parliament
Law & Justice / I cant help it: once again about EU law/enlargement. In the discussion about the EU-enlargement some leftist politicians really seem to have lost it and even give a new meaning to the word racism.European Parliament Green/EFA group co-president, Dani…
Why we should delay opening accession negotiations with Turkey
Law & Justice / See Peter Sain ley Berry, editor of EuropaWorld in EUobserver. Good list of blocking issues but Berry seems afraid to really say what the majority of Europeans is thinking.…
Conference on Armenian Genocide Starts Despite Turkish Court Judgment
Law & Justice / Last Saturday, a conference started on the genocide of 1.5 million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1923 despite a Turkish court judgment prohibiting the conference. Meanwhile the attitude of the current Turkish government towards th…
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