"Turkey and the EU: How to achieve a forward-looking 'win-win' accession by 2015?
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Analysis, Part I
MEHMET OGUTCU
PARIS - TDN Guest Writer
Turkish accession to the European Union over the next decade or so is expected to change both Turkey and the EU significantly in terms of economic, cultural and politics. In order to make sure that this change will be for the better, both sides need to develop a common vision aimed at a win-win result with a forward-looking outcome from the outset. Otherwise, the accession negotiations, due to commence on Oct. 3 2005, is likely to encounter serious risk(s) of failure if they are left to normal negotiation procedures. An important point stressed in this article is that EU leaders should judge Turkey on the basis of its potential economic, cultural, demographic and geostrategic importance from today to 2023 and what the future holds for Europe by then - not on narrow, short-term concerns and interests of today. "
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