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ANKARA URGES EUROPE TO AGREE THAT TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP IS INEVITABLE
Pan Armenian
06.10.2005 GMT+04:00
At the same time Turkey refuses to fulfill the two main conditions
set by the European Parliament - recognition of Armenian genocide
and united Cyprus.
Immediately after the start of negotiations on the conditions of
Turkey's EU membership in Luxemburg the Turkish Minister of Foreign
Affairs Abdullah Gul made quite an incorrect announcement which
provoked the anger of many mass media resources. "Europeans have to
resign themselves to the fact that their ears will hear the sound of
Turkish language". These words of the Turkish politician would not
sound so provocative if Europeans were not worried that much about
the flow of uninvited guests from Anatolia.
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The absolute majority of Europeans are categorically
against the membership of Turkey in the European Union. Even the
Scandinavian countries, where emigrants from Asia were treated
quite loyally, now say that Turkey's EU membership is extremely
undesirable. As for the so called "Old Europe", here the attitude
towards Turkey's membership has always been negative. Only 10 percents
of Austrians, 15 percents of Greeks, 20 percents of French, Germans and
Danes are ready to meet Turks in the "Home of all Europeans". Knowing
this, Gul could not but realize the consequences of his careless
announcement. Today Europeans are afraid of Turkish speech and there
are real grounds for that. The results of recent public surveys show
that 21 percent of Turkish citizens intend to move to some European
country in case Turkey is accepted to the European Union. Another
30 percent of Turks say they do not exclude the possibility of
immigrating to a European country. This means that a huge number
of Turkey's population will move to Europe and eat European bread
and receive European welfare payment which can bring to undesirable
economic consequences.
In spite of the negative attitude of most of the Europeans, the
foreign ministers of EU member states have agreed to start negotiations
with Ankara.
However, many European politicians disagree with this idea. A number
of influential oppositionists from France, Germany, Austria and
Netherlands have already expressed their negative attitude towards
Turkey's full EU membership. The decision was harshly criticized by
the former president of France Valery Jiskar D'Esten who is also the
creator of the unified EU Constitution. "The great French project
of creating political Europe has been rejected in favor of changing
European Union to a simple zone of free trade. I am sorry about that",
Valery Jiskar D'Esten said. Even those who consider the decision on the
start of negotiations reasonable, say that the reached agreement does
not mean that Turkey will be accepted to the European Union. USA is
perhaps the only country that is exclusively positive about Turkey's
EU membership. It is known that the intervention of Condolisa Rice
became a turning point in consultations held in Luxemburg. This is
why European papers write that "Turkey has received a passport to EU
with a US visa"...
The agreement to start negotiations is qualified as a
compromise. Ankara did not value the good will of Vienna who
withdrew the demand about the necessity to give Turkey the status
of a privileged partner. (Abdullah Gul emphatically refused to shake
hands with the Austrian minister.) However it is still unclear what
compromise the Turks made in return. Rejeb Erdoghan still states that
Ankara excludes the possibility of recognizing Cyprus and the fact
of Armenian genocide. Then where is the compromise if Turkey rejects
the two main conditions set by the European parliament?
"PanARMENIAN.Net" analytical department ! Reproduction in full or in
part is prohibited without reference to "PanARMENIAN.Net".
Pan Armenian
06.10.2005 GMT+04:00
At the same time Turkey refuses to fulfill the two main conditions
set by the European Parliament - recognition of Armenian genocide
and united Cyprus.
Immediately after the start of negotiations on the conditions of
Turkey's EU membership in Luxemburg the Turkish Minister of Foreign
Affairs Abdullah Gul made quite an incorrect announcement which
provoked the anger of many mass media resources. "Europeans have to
resign themselves to the fact that their ears will hear the sound of
Turkish language". These words of the Turkish politician would not
sound so provocative if Europeans were not worried that much about
the flow of uninvited guests from Anatolia.
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The absolute majority of Europeans are categorically
against the membership of Turkey in the European Union. Even the
Scandinavian countries, where emigrants from Asia were treated
quite loyally, now say that Turkey's EU membership is extremely
undesirable. As for the so called "Old Europe", here the attitude
towards Turkey's membership has always been negative. Only 10 percents
of Austrians, 15 percents of Greeks, 20 percents of French, Germans and
Danes are ready to meet Turks in the "Home of all Europeans". Knowing
this, Gul could not but realize the consequences of his careless
announcement. Today Europeans are afraid of Turkish speech and there
are real grounds for that. The results of recent public surveys show
that 21 percent of Turkish citizens intend to move to some European
country in case Turkey is accepted to the European Union. Another
30 percent of Turks say they do not exclude the possibility of
immigrating to a European country. This means that a huge number
of Turkey's population will move to Europe and eat European bread
and receive European welfare payment which can bring to undesirable
economic consequences.
In spite of the negative attitude of most of the Europeans, the
foreign ministers of EU member states have agreed to start negotiations
with Ankara.
However, many European politicians disagree with this idea. A number
of influential oppositionists from France, Germany, Austria and
Netherlands have already expressed their negative attitude towards
Turkey's full EU membership. The decision was harshly criticized by
the former president of France Valery Jiskar D'Esten who is also the
creator of the unified EU Constitution. "The great French project
of creating political Europe has been rejected in favor of changing
European Union to a simple zone of free trade. I am sorry about that",
Valery Jiskar D'Esten said. Even those who consider the decision on the
start of negotiations reasonable, say that the reached agreement does
not mean that Turkey will be accepted to the European Union. USA is
perhaps the only country that is exclusively positive about Turkey's
EU membership. It is known that the intervention of Condolisa Rice
became a turning point in consultations held in Luxemburg. This is
why European papers write that "Turkey has received a passport to EU
with a US visa"...
The agreement to start negotiations is qualified as a
compromise. Ankara did not value the good will of Vienna who
withdrew the demand about the necessity to give Turkey the status
of a privileged partner. (Abdullah Gul emphatically refused to shake
hands with the Austrian minister.) However it is still unclear what
compromise the Turks made in return. Rejeb Erdoghan still states that
Ankara excludes the possibility of recognizing Cyprus and the fact
of Armenian genocide. Then where is the compromise if Turkey rejects
the two main conditions set by the European parliament?
"PanARMENIAN.Net" analytical department ! Reproduction in full or in
part is prohibited without reference to "PanARMENIAN.Net".