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2007-05-19 Europe

Turkey rejects Sarkozy's "Mediterranean Union"

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Posted by Fred 2007-05-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 If we are to unite civilizations within the EU, if we say the EU is not a Christian club, then Mr. Sarkozy should review his opinions
There in lies the rub Mr. Gul -- the thin veneer of "civilization" is peeling of your nation as we speak.

Posted by regular joe 2007-05-19 07:24|| 2007-05-19 07:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Pretty ugly comments from a country seeking to be accepted into the EU. Pretty stupid, too.

"...hostility toward Turkey's bid to join the European Union would fan anti-Europe sentiments among Turks..."

This "or else" tone makes Turkey look like the rest of the dime-a-dozen threatening Islamist regimes.

EU Rantburgers-could you shed a little light on just what this "negotiation process" entails? He speaks as if negotiations MUST lead to Turkey joining the EU.

Posted by Jules 2007-05-19 09:18|| 2007-05-19 09:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Sarkozy has said what I've been advocating for a while, that Turkey will never fit in the EU, or will always be disdained by the other members

Turkey should not only join with Iraq as the new core of a Middle East Common Market, where it will rightfully be a dominant member, much like Germany is to the EU, but in starting a new market, it will be able to insist on the secularism near and dear to Turkey, among new members.

It even gets the added bonus of being the gateway between the two markets--Instanbul doing old Constantinople one better--connecting East and West *and* the Middle East.

Turkey would be in the cat bird seat.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-05-19 09:21|| 2007-05-19 09:21|| Front Page Top

#4 What's the big deal?
Turks gotta snap up the serperate but equal deal, best they're gonna get.

Posted by Shipman">Shipman 2007-05-19 12:21|| 2007-05-19 12:21|| Front Page Top

#5 Turkey has to meet EU standards on a whole host of hair-splitting legal and economic technicalities before it can be allowed to join. In the unlikely event that they manage to meet all of those requirements, the EU can bring up the matter of Cyprus to kill off the matter once and for all.

Posted by Sonar 2007-05-19 13:59|| 2007-05-19 13:59|| Front Page Top

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