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MEP: CLEAR MAJORITY OF FRENCH POPULATION AGAINST TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION
PanARMENIAN.Net
November 15, 2011 - 14:57 AMT
The accession process of Turkey to the EU is a political process. It
is not a social process, and it is not a religious process, a member
of the European Parliament from Germany and vice chair of the Group
of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE Group) said.
"You may hear about two issues: one related to the Armenian question
and the other to Turkey's possible European Union membership. On
the Armenian question, everyone knows what the discussion is about,
and on the EU accession, a clear majority of the French population,
not just the leadership, is against Turkey's accession. So some
politicians may choose to exploit those feelings by linking the
Armenian issue with EU accession, and therefore create an atmosphere
that makes it difficult for France and Turkey to rebuild a constructive
relationship," Alexander Graf Lambsdorff said.
Dwelling on regional situation, the MEP said, "the entire issue of
stability in the eastern Mediterranean is difficult right now. We have
a terrible situation in Syria, tensions between the Palestinians and
Israelis, extremists in power in Gaza, a changing Egypt that becomes
more difficult to predict, hardly any progress on the island of Cyprus
and now in addition to that we see the exploration of resources off
the coast of Cyprus."
"We need to talk about these things and find solutions to these
questions," Today's Zaman quoted him as saying.
PanARMENIAN.Net
November 15, 2011 - 14:57 AMT
The accession process of Turkey to the EU is a political process. It
is not a social process, and it is not a religious process, a member
of the European Parliament from Germany and vice chair of the Group
of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE Group) said.
"You may hear about two issues: one related to the Armenian question
and the other to Turkey's possible European Union membership. On
the Armenian question, everyone knows what the discussion is about,
and on the EU accession, a clear majority of the French population,
not just the leadership, is against Turkey's accession. So some
politicians may choose to exploit those feelings by linking the
Armenian issue with EU accession, and therefore create an atmosphere
that makes it difficult for France and Turkey to rebuild a constructive
relationship," Alexander Graf Lambsdorff said.
Dwelling on regional situation, the MEP said, "the entire issue of
stability in the eastern Mediterranean is difficult right now. We have
a terrible situation in Syria, tensions between the Palestinians and
Israelis, extremists in power in Gaza, a changing Egypt that becomes
more difficult to predict, hardly any progress on the island of Cyprus
and now in addition to that we see the exploration of resources off
the coast of Cyprus."
"We need to talk about these things and find solutions to these
questions," Today's Zaman quoted him as saying.