"Time to start a balanced debate on Turkish EU membership
Published: Thursday 2 October 2008
Markus Jäger, Deutsche Bank Research
'It is high time to conduct a reasoned debate about the costs and benefits of Turkish EU accession,' argues Markus Jäger of Deutsche Bank Research.
Evaluating the most commonly-used arguments against Turkey's accession, the September paper finds the geographical issue weakest of all, describing Europe itself as an "arbitrary construct" that strives to be more than a geographical entity. Indeed, the paper argues that it would be wrong to refuse Turkey entry just because most of it lies in Asia."
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