"Europe, clash of civilizations and the Turkish plumber
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
There was a considerable article in yesterday’s The Guardian. 'Despite the chorus of pious hope,' read its blunt title, 'Turkey is not going to join the EU.' Its writer, Geoffrey Wheatcroft, was making not an argument against Turkey’s EU bid but simply an analysis of the prevailing attitude in the capitals of continental Europe. Despite the efforts of a handful of “soi-disant' leaders -- such as British Prime Minister Tony Blair along with Finland’s Prime Minister Erkki Tuomioja and Foreign Minister Carl Bildt -- Turkey won’t be in the EU 'in any foreseeable future,' according to Wheatcroft. "
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