Wednesday, October 11, 2006

theparliament.com - EU playing high-risk game on Turkey

"EU playing high-risk game on Turkey

Europe risks alienating Turkey if it continues to add spurious new entry conditions to Ankara’s EU entry, according to the UK’s former Europe minister, Denis Macshane.

Writing in the Financial Times, Macshane says issues such as France’s insistence on Ankara recognising the Armenian genocide are endangering’s Turkish democracy and could lead to the country turning towards the east."

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