Quote about EU Enlargement and Turkey
am 26.08.2005 von http://lawjustice.blogspot.comWolfgang 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 Europeans for EU integration. They will not identify with a Europe that will border with Iran and Iraq. Europe will not exist if the EUs borders will stretch to Iran and Iraq.Schäuble also raised a question about Turkeys identity:A part of Turkey is Europe, just like Russia, but a far bigger part of both Turkey and Russia is definitely not in Europe. That is why Russia could never really integrate into the EU.Schäuble says a Merkel government would not stop the beginning of the accession negotiations between …
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