Wednesday, June 22, 2005

JTW News - EU�s New Scapegoat: Turkey

"EU�s New Scapegoat: Turkey
* 'No' votes mean Turkey can not join EU soon� The real problem is Turkey -Prodi

Jan SOYKOK and Cathrine GULCAN, JTW(ROME and ANKARA) - Turkey has no chance of joining the European Union (EU) in the foreseeable future, former European Commission President Romano Prodi said in newspapers on Wednesday. According to Prodi, one of the key reasons of �nos� in the referendums of France and Netherlands was Turkey. However experts say �Turkey is not EU member and cannot be responsible for any current problem. The EU leaders are reluctant to face the real reasons�. Only 3 percent in France said �the real reason for their no votes was Turkey.�"

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