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Some proponents of Turkey joining the EU actually hope that being part of a more global economic and cultural whole would offer more opportunities for the Turks
by Renaud 11y ago
Some proponents of Turkey joining the EU actually hope that being part of a more global economic and cultural whole would offer more opportunities for the Turks and temper Turkey's potential risk of becoming more religiously extreme.
- tormeh 11y agoYeah, but as it is, Turkey is developing into a mini-Russia. How do you deal with that?
- mschuster91 11y agoTurkey is worse than Russia, imho. Erdogan is a religious extremist nutcase, Putin is just a "power player." Power plays can be predicted and mitigated, religious extremism not.
- igravious 11y agoThis is the idea. The EU super-structure should constrain extremist elements by acting as a moderating influence. Ease of travel and trade should integrate Turkey into Europe rather than the Near or Middle East. Turkey will qualify for regional development funds. EU gains as well by enlarging the market. Should be win-win.
- mschuster91 11y ago> The EU super-structure should constrain extremist elements by acting as a moderating influence. We don't even manage to integrate the Brits into the EU, and there is not even a religious issue.
- eli_gottlieb 11y agoBy that standards you really ought to be proposing that Israel join the EU next. After all, neither geographic nor human-rights criteria are being applied anymore if you're letting Turkey in! (To make the sardony clear, I support neither Israel nor Turkey joining the EU.)