You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Submit your comments on this article
Europe
58 percent of French oppose Turkish EU entry: poll
2006-10-20
How's that integration effort working out for you, Turkey?
PARIS - Nearly six out of 10 French people oppose Turkey joining the European Union, according to an opinion poll published on Friday. The LH2 survey for RMC radio recorded 58 percent of the public against Turkish membership and 28 percent in favour.

The poll was taken in the wake of the row over the adoption last week by the French lower house of parliament of a bill that would make denial of the Armenian “genocide” a punishable offence. Friday’s poll findings were in line with a Europe-wide survey taken in June, which put French hostility to Turkish entry at 55 percent.

However the Eurobarometer survey also indicated that opposition in France is only slightly more than in the EU as a whole -- where 48 percent are against Turkish entry -- and well behind several individual countries. Nine states were more hostile than France to AnkaraÂ’s membership bid, including Austria at 81 percent and Germany -- which has a large Turkish population -- at 69 percent.
Posted by:Steve White

00:00