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Austria: Turkey Not Ready for EU
29.09.2006 17:49 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The leader of Austria's main opposition party,
Alfred Gusenbauer, said that Turkey is not yet ready to become a
member of the European Union. In an interview with AP days before a
general election in Austria, Gusenbauer, head of the country's Social
Democrats, said there was a "common understanding" that Turkey was a
European country. However he said it was not yet ready to become a
member of the bloc because "not all European traditions have taken
root in all parts" of the country.
"At least at the moment, Turkey is not mature enough for becoming a
member of the European Union," Gusenbauer said. "I think there has to
be a long path of negotiations and of development to move Europe and
Turkey closer to each other. I cannot predict when the crossing point
will be reached. But it's clear that without enormous endeavors on
both sides, this is going to be very complicated," he said, reports
ABHaber.
Austria: Turkey Not Ready for EU
29.09.2006 17:49 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The leader of Austria's main opposition party,
Alfred Gusenbauer, said that Turkey is not yet ready to become a
member of the European Union. In an interview with AP days before a
general election in Austria, Gusenbauer, head of the country's Social
Democrats, said there was a "common understanding" that Turkey was a
European country. However he said it was not yet ready to become a
member of the bloc because "not all European traditions have taken
root in all parts" of the country.
"At least at the moment, Turkey is not mature enough for becoming a
member of the European Union," Gusenbauer said. "I think there has to
be a long path of negotiations and of development to move Europe and
Turkey closer to each other. I cannot predict when the crossing point
will be reached. But it's clear that without enormous endeavors on
both sides, this is going to be very complicated," he said, reports
ABHaber.