"Editorial: Turkey’s EU Bid
28 November 2006
In just eight days’ time, Turkey’s 25-year bid to become a full member of the European Union may be over. Accession talks with the EU broke down yesterday over Ankara’s refusal to open its ports to Cypriot vessels. If, by Dec. 8, this refusal has not been revoked, it is highly likely that for the first time in its history, Brussels will completely abandon negotiations for the accession of a new member. Such a development would bring quiet satisfaction in those European capitals, particularly Paris and Berlin, which have opposed Turkish membership on fundamentally racist grounds. Only the avowedly free-market Irish and British remain committed to Turkey’s dynamic 73 million population joining the 456 million in the 25 EU member countries."
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