"Midnight Diplomacy:
On Turkish Relations with Europe
by
Hilal Elver & Richard Falk
With the drama of a last minute break in the deadlock created by Austrian opposition to the start of negotiations with the European Union to arrange Turkish membership a historic page has been turned.
Or has it? There is a clear sense that the majority of European governments want the negotiations to go forward, and at the end of the long road of at least a decade, see Turkey become a member, or if not that, at least remain engaged in a negotiating process that demonstrates that Europe is resolved to be a global actor, and not merely a Christian club."
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