Is the European Union a ‘Christian club’?
06/10 11:15 CET
Ali, from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, asks: “…if the European Union is a “Christian club” and that’s why you don’t accept Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in?”
Dorothée Schmid, with the French Institute of International Relations, responds: “The expression Christian Club has been used quite often by Turkish analysts or politicians when they talk about their relations with the European Union, ever since the very beginning of negotiating entry. So, even from the start, the Turks feared being rejected by the EU for cultural, or more precisely religious reasons.
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