Tuesday, July 27, 2010

David Cameron's Turkophilia faces an uphill struggle | Denis MacShane | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

"David Cameron's Turkophilia faces an uphill struggle

Key partners in the European Union are out of step with Cameron's positive stance towards the accession of Turkey

David Cameron's adoption of Tony Blair's Turkophile diplomacy in Ankara today should be welcomed.

In 2004, in his last great surge of geopolitical activity, Blair single-handedly moved the European council to agree a start date for EU accession negotiations for Turkey."

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