"Jack 'Horatio' Straw and the EU's failure on Turkey
By Benedict Brogan Politics Last updated: November 8th, 2010
Jack Straw has been in action today, in the Times and on Today, making the case for action to advance Turkey’s membership of the EU, ahead of tomorrow’s visit by Turkish president Abdullah Gul. The former foreign secretary says the issue is the most important strategic decision facing Europe, and goes on to blame Greek Cyprus and the French for a long-running campaign of sabotage that is holding up the accession process. He calls the president of Greek Cyprus ‘duplicitous’ and accuses the EU of treating Turkey – remember, an outstanding Nato ally in the Cold War – unfairly relative to other recently joined member states. What caught my eye, though, in his oped for the Times was this confessional paragraph:"
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