"Turkey, Cyprus and Europe
by David Casa
We keep receiving contradictory information regarding the possibility of Turkey eventually forming part of the EU. What do you think the future holds in this respect?
Turkey’s accession talks commenced formally in 2005. We have heard many a time how they have been dogged by an array of domestic and external problems. A number of EU states have demonstrated reluctance to allow Turkey into Europe, Austria and France come to mind immediately amongst others. This is arguably one of the most controversial bids ever made to the European Union. As you said correctly in your question, there has been a great deal of contradictory information regarding this issue, so I will take this opportunity to make things a bit more clear, and having had the opportunity of forming part of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee, I have followed this issue with great interest."
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