Majority of Europeans is Racist? Newspeak in European Parliament
am 01.10.2005 von http://lawjustice.blogspot.comI 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, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, after Christian Democrat MEPs postponed the vote on Turkeys extended customs union with the EU:Some of the opponents of Turkeys accession are surfing on a wave of cultural and racist prejudices. This is a dangerous game, and the people using such arguments should ask themselves about the consequences of their words. The question of European Islam exists with or without Turkey. There are already more Muslims in the EU than there are Belgians.A recent survey organised by the …
Electing a New People
Law & Justice / Turkey = 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 presid…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
Turkey, poised to join?
Law & Justice / Pim de Kuijer in Café Babel about Turkey, poised to join? :The European Commission, aware of the lack of public support, has announced that it will encourage a ´civil dialogue´ between European citizens and Turkey. What this means in practice is t…
