"The west needs Turkey
Simon Tisdall
Tuesday September 12, 2006
The Guardian
Nicolas Sarkozy's flat rejection of Turkey's EU membership bid does not mean the game is up for Ankara. France's ambitious interior minister believes he is a natural successor to Jacques Chirac. But he has not been elected president yet - and will not be if the centre-left's likely candidate, Ségolène Royal, has her way next spring. Nor does he run the EU."
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