"Commentary: Why EU should say yes to Turks
By Gareth Harding
Chief European Correspondent
Published December 13, 2004
BRUSSELS -- European leaders are set to decide whether to open European Union membership talks with Turkey Friday, 41 years after the largely Muslim state first applied to join the Brussels-based bloc. For political, economic and geo-strategic reasons they should say 'yes' to Ankara, because a EU with Turkey inside its borders would be a bigger, stronger, safer and ultimately more prosperous union than without it. "
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