"10 Golden Rules for Turkey's Accession Negotiations
by
Charles Grant
Finally, some 40 years after the EU first acknowledged Turkey's aspirations for membership, accession talks will start, next October. But the road to membership will be long and rocky.
Many Turkish people will find the negotiations frustrating and, at times, humiliating: this will not be a negotiation between two equals, since it is Turkey that wants to join a club that already has its own set of rules. Furthermore some EU governments are not convinced by the arguments for Turkish accession, and large sections of European public opinion remain hostile."
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