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Only a few days away from the opening of the negotiations on Turkey’s accession to the European Union, MEPs from six political groups believe that it has fulfilled the final conditions enabling these negotiations to get under way. It is altogether alarming to witness these ‘European’ elected representatives compromise themselves by telling lies, acting disgracefully and giving in. Is it a matter of pleasing a certain internationalist pseudo-elite, of protecting a few obscure economic interests or, indeed, of giving in to the political will of the United States?
From a Machiavellian viewpoint, can this kind of attitude guarantee effectively that such and such an ‘enlightened conservative’ or such and such a ‘progressive’ will reap the lucrative benefits of re-election? The reality stems more from the fact that these ‘representatives’ do not listen to their voters but scorn them instead. European public opinion clearly says ‘NO’ to Turkey’s membership. It would, in actual fact, be totally irresponsible for an Asian country which is, moreover, poor and with a Muslim culture, to join an unstable Union that has an uncertain institutional and economic future.
It is not enough for Turkey to recognise Cyprus, an occupied European territory, in order to be able to join the Union. Turkey must not join the European Union quite simply because it is not a European country. The obligatory good neighbourliness does not involve us all living under one roof."@en1
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