Daniel Hannan in the Telegraph

caulkhead


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Message Posted:
28/07/2010 10:43

A good opinion piece in the Telegraph today about the EU's treatment of Turkey:



"It has treated them especially unfairly over Cyprus: Greek Cypriots were rewarded when they rejected the EU’s reunification plans, Turkish Cypriots punished when they accepted them. "



http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielhannan/100048633/david-cameron-is-right-the-eu-is-treating-turkey-abominably/

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
28/07/2010 10:51

Great article. I particularly liked this paragraph as it sums it up

perfectly;



"For what it’s worth, if I were Turkish, I would be against EU membership. Turkey is a dynamic country with – in marked contrast to the EU – a young population. The last thing it needs is the 48-hour week, the Common Agricultural Policy, the euro and the rest of the apparatus of Brussels corporatism. Why tie yourself to a shrinking part of the world economy when you have teeming new markets to your east? Why submit to rule by people who barely trouble to disguise their contempt for you?"



Thanks for posting the link.

TRNCVaughan


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Message Posted:
28/07/2010 10:53

Good article.

Sundance


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Message Posted:
28/07/2010 11:17

If I only knew how to,I would cut and paste the link on the greek forum in the south, that should give them something to smile about, yes it was a good read, and thanks for providing the link Caulkhead,



Sundance

wynyardman



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Message Posted:
28/07/2010 11:32

Excellent article. Good posting.



wynyardman

newlad



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Message Posted:
28/07/2010 11:38

A very good article indeed.Pity we couldnt hear the response from the man waving his recorder,

Paul.

MarkVPiazza


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Message Posted:
28/07/2010 12:53

yes, a good article



Also agree, Turkey is best out of the EU IMO, the western empires are in decline, so why tie yourselves to them?



Mark

wanderer


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Message Posted:
28/07/2010 12:54

Enjoyed the article

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
28/07/2010 21:28

There's no way Turkey will join the EU. Like the article said Turkey should look to the East.

eager


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Message Posted:
28/07/2010 22:11

I think Cameron is pushing Turkey's cause on the advice of Obama