Saturday, November 27, 2004

Europeans in No Mood to Welcome Turkey

"Too big. Too poor. Too Muslim.

For most Europeans, the recent recommendation of the European Union's executive body to open membership talks with Turkey goes a step too far."

"Surveys indicate that a referendum on Turkish membership would fail in every major EU country."

"Turkey is changing but Turkey also is good at window dressing," said Olivier Roy, one of the leading French commentators on the Middle East. "The changes have to be real, not just nice words written into the law."

Europeans in No Mood to Welcome Turkey

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