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> There are significant criteria they would need to fill to join, and everyone knows they won't do it any time soon; they were going backwards on some at the ti
by logifail 3y ago
> There are significant criteria they would need to fill to join, and everyone knows they won't do it any time soon; they were going backwards on some at the time of the campaign and are arguably further back eight years on.
https://neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu/enlargement-policy_en https://neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu/enlargement-p...
"On 13 December 1999 the Helsinki European Council adopted the Commission proposal to grant Turkey the status of an applicant for EU membership."
Coming up on 24 years ... and counting. Great job, everyone involved.
- bemusedthrow75 3y agoIt actually goes back further than that -- they wanted to join the EEC in '87. 36 years. This is actually higher than the median age of Turkey's population.