Turkish FinMin: European Union "shooting itself in the foot" by excluding Turkey
From Richard Quest, CNN
January 12, 2012 -- Updated 1847 GMT (0247 HKT)
(CNN) -- The European Union is "shooting itself in the foot" by excluding Turkey, its finance minister Mehmet Simsek says.
The nation, with an economy sprinting ahead of Europe's continental countries, would be an asset for the region, he said. But Turkey's path to European Union membership remains fraught, in part due to problems pitching the idea to the country and Europe.
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