"Turkey on track for a collision with the EU
Published: November 1 2006 02:00 | Last updated: November 1 2006 02:00
Turkey and the European Union give every appearance of sleepwalking into the 'train wreck' that Brussels warned earlier this year could end Ankara's accession negotiations. That might be welcomed by some existing members who now want their club closed to outsiders, but it would be a strategic failure for the EU, as well as a setback to Turkey's ambition to become a fully developed modern nation."
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