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Thursday, May 17, 2007

We want EU, not ‘Club Med’: Ankara

"We want EU, not ‘Club Med’: Ankara
ANKARA: Turkey on Thursday refused to accept membership of a “Mediterranean Union” suggested by France’s new president, Nicolas Sarkozy, as an alternative to joining the European Union.

Sarkozy, who took office on Wednesday, is a strong opponent of Ankara’s EU bid and has proposed instead a loose grouping of Mediterranean countries in which Turkey could be a key player."

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