"EU to debate Turkey accession talks
By Andrew Borowiec
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
NICOSIA, Cyprus - Some call it 'an Islamic cloud over Europe' and dread the day when the European Union opens the Continent's gates to Turkey.
For others, the prospect of Turkey's EU membership has revived the century-old cliche about 'Europe's sick man,' as the Ottoman Empire was called.
These opponents fear that the subsidies the European Union will be expected to give to that poor country of 71 million with galloping population growth will strain the union's finances at the expense of other members. "
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