"Let the Turks in to finish off the Euro superstate
John Gillingham
.....Blair’s first priority should be to make sure that Turkey does not get dumped off the path to accession in 2015. Over the past three years it has launched the most ambitious wave of reform since Kemal Ataturk founded the Anatolian modern nation. Turkey has also met in exemplary fashion EU membership requirements for upholding the rule of law, protecting minorities and enforcing competition.
With or without the EU, Turkey will be a winner. Economically, membership will provide a substantial net benefit to the union. Strategically and politically, Turkish exclusion would be a disaster. Its inclusion, though far from being unproblematic, would move Europe’s defensive rampart eastward and set a valuable precedent for reform elsewhere in the Islamic world...."
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