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EU promised Turkey that the talks would continue, in exchange Turkey would keep immigrants at bay. So either the fear is more justified than you portray it to b
by tomp 8y ago
EU promised Turkey that the talks would continue, in exchange Turkey would keep immigrants at bay. So either the fear is more justified than you portray it to be, or EU is at least as hypocritical as you portray Vote Leave to be.
- oblio 8y agoThe UK can just block them. Any EU member can block accession. Indefinitely.
- Xylakant 8y agoThe talks have been ongoing for a decade now. Few parts of the talks have been finished, many haven’t even started. And seriously, if Turkey ever comes around to fulfilling all of the requirements, it will have to become a very different country than it is today. Yes, talks are ongoing and some reason for that is politics - the talks are one of the ways the EU can influence turkish politics. Some of that is quite open, some of it may be hypocritical. But Vote Leave is peddling xenophobia, which is quite a different accusation.
- tomp 8y ago> But Vote Leave is peddling xenophobia, which is quite a different accusation. Well we've listed many arguments counter your claim in this thread already, so I guess if you haven't been convinced yet, you won't be...