"Defending the Self, Defining the Other
Irem Güney
Wednesday , 13 June 2007
The stronger Franco-German motor in the EU after Sarkozy was already expected to influence the negotiations for Turkey’s accession into the EU. Sarkozy and Merkel, the heads of the Franco-German motor accentuated the cultural differences during their electoral campaigns and Turkey’s “otherness”."
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