"Turkey dominates German election
Luke Harding in Berlin
Friday September 16, 2005
The Guardian
A row over Turkey's application to join the European Union dominated Germany's election campaign yesterday, with the foreign minister, Joschka Fischer, describing the conservatives' policy on Turkey as 'dangerous, blind and irresponsible'.
Interviewed in the mass-circulation Bild newspaper, Mr Fischer said Angela Merkel's opposition to Turkish membership of the EU showed her "lack of sure-footedness" on foreign policy. "The question whether Islam and democracy, open society, women's rights, a modern economy and a free media can be combined is of decisive importance for our security in the 21st century," Mr Fischer said."
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