"The Netherlands And Turkey
Published: 2/23/2007
By Cuneyt Ulsever
Before the upcoming visit of Dutch Queen Beatrix to Turkey, today I’d like to write about how the Netherlands sees Turkey. When the Dutch rejected the EU Constitution in a referendum, some commentators characterized this as a rejection of Turkey’s EU membership. How accurate is this perception? It’s impossible for the Netherlands, with just 16 million people, not to be disturbed by the EU memberships of Germany and France, which have much larger populations. Turkey’s possible EU membership could shrink the Netherlands’ political leverage within the EU even more."
More:The Netherlands And Turkey