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The South America / islands and included because they are territories belonging to a EU country (France, Spain, Portugal). Turkey is in there because it's a can
by maephisto 8y ago
The South America / islands and included because they are territories belonging to a EU country (France, Spain, Portugal). Turkey is in there because it's a candidate country.
- roel_v 8y agoGP most likely knows and is just passive-aggressively complaining about the conflation of 'Europe' and 'EU' in the title.
- Cthulhu_ 8y agoIs it still? It's a human rights nightmare and I don't think the EU should have anything to do with Turkey while Erdogan is still in power.
- solarkraft 8y agoIt's not really a question anymore for the next few years (or decades). Official status is just a political tool by now and even then this classification may lag behind.
- rsynnott 8y agoIt's still a candidate. It's moving backwards rather than forwards on its acceptance criteria, and realistically won't be joining anytime soon, but it's still a candidate.