GERMAN EXPERT: PROMISING UTOPIAN EU ACCESSION TO TURKEY DISHONEST

PanArmenian News Network
Aug 6 2005

06.08.2005 05:13

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The European community proceeds from the European
identity and 2 conditions are taken into account at the enlargement:
the contender state belonging to Europe and recognition of EU values
by it. Based on that 2 questions should be raised at the discussion of
Turkey’s accession to the EU. These are: whether Turkey is a European
state and part of the European identity, as well as whether she
respects European values. German Middle East expert Peter Scholl-Latour
considers that at Turkey’s accession to the EU the spread of Islam
unavoidable. Of course the EU can impose its orders and conditions to
candidate country, however from the moment of accession each country
is an equal member. Islam is today followed by 20 million people in
the European community and it would be the second religious community
in united Europe. The European community itself would have changed
radically resulting from that, while allegedly was “more European
lately, Europe will become “more Turkish” at its accession to the
EU.” At that Turkey has better chances of EU accession than typically
European states that were unfortunately under the Ottoman yoke –
Serbia, Albania, Bosnia, Macedonia. By Turkey’s accession the united
Europe would have acquired many foreign political hardships and if
the accession does not take place, it will be more proper and honest
towards Ankara. It is better to promise solid partnership instead of
utopian EU membership, reported Die Tagespos.