Friday, September 30, 2005

Business Day - Europe needs to rebut the Polish plumber myth

"Europe needs to rebut the Polish plumber myth

BARRING a last-ditch stand at the gates of Vienna, the member states of the European Union (EU) will launch negotiations next week for Turkey to join their club. Austria is the only one still looking for reassurance.

It should be a historic moment for the EU and Turkey, a symbolic recognition that centuries of struggle between the Ottoman Empire and its European rivals have been set aside. Sadly, it will not be an occasion for whole-hearted celebration."

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