"News Analysis: Debate over Turkey key to EU world role
By Katrin Bennhold International Herald Tribune
PARIS Over the past week, the two most prominent contenders for the French presidency went to Brussels and asked the same question: Who is European and who is not?
One of them, Nicolas Sarkozy, the conservative frontrunner in next spring's election, said last Friday that the European Union was not only an idea but also a geographical entity and ruled out Turkish membership. The other, Ségolène Royal, his most popular Socialist rival, sought on Wednesday to finesse her position, suggesting at a private lunch that Turkey may be no more qualified to join the EU than North African countries, an aide said."
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