"Breakdown over the bosphorus
To bring Turkey in would be a heroic move by Europe. To reject it could be construed as a concession to fear and pessimism.
To let Turkey into the European Union? One helluva problem, no doubt about it. And keeping the Turks out? An even bigger problem, perhaps? Damned if you do and damned if you don't.
The bad-tempered sparring that has characterised the EU's negotiations with Ankara since Brussels gave the go-ahead for membership talks last year is shifting into a more perilous phase, propelled by quite separate dynamics on both sides."
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