Wednesday, October 03, 2012

Nick Clegg: “Turkish entry into the EU is a strategic necessity”

Nick Clegg: “Turkish entry into the EU is a strategic necessity”
By Helen Duffett | 3rd October 2012 - 3:23 pm

Nick Clegg is on a trade mission to Turkey today, and has announced £500m of business deals and £1m of funding for the Turkish Red Crescent in Syria.

He wrote this morning in Turkey’s Sabah newspaper, on the Turkish economy, trade between Turkey and the UK, visas for Turkish travellers, and the the response to the humanitarian crisis in Syria. You can read the article in Turkish over at Sabah; the English translation is below:

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