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Sarkozy and Merkel slam the EU door


‘No place for Turkey’


FRANCE and Germany have slammed the door in Turkey’s face, saying it has no place in the European Union.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said they both agreed that Turkey cannot become an EU member state.

Their blunt remarks were made before the conference of the ruling UMP party in Paris, on Wednesday.

Nicosia, which hopes to use Turkey’s EU aspirations to gain concessions on Cyprus peace talks, yesterday distanced itself from the statements but did not rule out a change of tack.

Different

"As you know, the position of the Cyprus government was different when the decision was being taken to give the green light to Turkey to start accession negotiations with the EU," Government Spokesman Vassilis Palmas said.

But he left the door ajar, saying politics were never static.

"Politics are never static. They develop and you adapt to developments and the course which will follow, depending on what you have to face at a given time."

Sarkozy was categorical in again rejecting the possibility of Turkey entering the bloc, saying that it could instead benefit from a "privileged partnership.

"I want to be a friend of Turkey but I want to say that Turkey does not have a place in Europe, simply because it is in Asia Minor.

"Turkey must benefit from the status of a privileged partnership" he told a meeting of the UMP (Union for a Popular Movement) .

"Before thinking of countries which are not in Europe, we should perhaps think of countries that are, we must not let ourselves be caught in a trap, all the countries neighbouring on Europe do not have an opportunity to join Europe…. If we keep enlarging Europe, we will kill Europe, " he said to applause.

United

Moments earlier, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, guest of honour at the meeting, also voiced her opposition to Turkey’s entry in EU 27.

"One thing that unites the UNP and the CDU (the German Conservative Party) is that the two of them want to propose a privileged partnership to Turkey and not full membership," she said.

[andreas123]

Sarkozy and Merkel slam the EU door


‘No place for Turkey’


FRANCE and Germany have slammed the door in Turkey’s face, saying it has no place in the European Union.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said they both agreed that Turkey cannot become an EU member state.

Their blunt remarks were made before the conference of the ruling UMP party in Paris, on Wednesday.

Nicosia, which hopes to use Turkey’s EU aspirations to gain concessions on Cyprus peace talks, yesterday distanced itself from the statements but did not rule out a change of tack.

Different

"As you know, the position of the Cyprus government was different when the decision was being taken to give the green light to Turkey to start accession negotiations with the EU," Government Spokesman Vassilis Palmas said.

But he left the door ajar, saying politics were never static.

"Politics are never static. They develop and you adapt to developments and the course which will follow, depending on what you have to face at a given time."

Sarkozy was categorical in again rejecting the possibility of Turkey entering the bloc, saying that it could instead benefit from a "privileged partnership.

"I want to be a friend of Turkey but I want to say that Turkey does not have a place in Europe, simply because it is in Asia Minor.

"Turkey must benefit from the status of a privileged partnership" he told a meeting of the UMP (Union for a Popular Movement) .

"Before thinking of countries which are not in Europe, we should perhaps think of countries that are, we must not let ourselves be caught in a trap, all the countries neighbouring on Europe do not have an opportunity to join Europe…. If we keep enlarging Europe, we will kill Europe, " he said to applause.

United

Moments earlier, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, guest of honour at the meeting, also voiced her opposition to Turkey’s entry in EU 27.

"One thing that unites the UNP and the CDU (the German Conservative Party) is that the two of them want to propose a privileged partnership to Turkey and not full membership," she said.

hehehe great stuff!...thank god at least some europeans got brains man,,,,

[74LB]

Shut, open, shut, open, shut ! More like a revolving door

One thing has always intrigued me though, especially with regards to the following remark

"I want to be a friend of Turkey but I want to say that Turkey does not have a place in Europe, simply because it is in Asia Minor.

Why is it that Cyprus is considered to be in Europe and Turkey not, when the island is quite clearly surrounded by Turkey to the north, Israel/Arabic countries to the east, and Egypt/Africa to the south with no European neighbour within touching distance ?

[umit07]

I wish that they slam the door even harder!

[shahmaran]

Yeah the only ones that "have brains" are the 2 fascist pricks who conveniently serve the cause of the RoC, this time, you can always end up on their wrong side too, don't you forget, but after all hasn't the strategy of the Greeks always been "opportunism" disguised as all sorts of rubbish like "violation of human rights", anything goes until they cross the bridge, very noble indeed

There is no doubt that Turkey will join eventually, they are just playing their games accordingly in order to get the most out of Turkey as they possibly can while Turkey craves for a membership, i hope Turkey never joins the EU, and neither does the TRNC.

[Viewpoint]

The GCs can kiss goodbye any EU leverage.

[Jerry]

The GCs can kiss goodbye any EU leverage.

In reality VP they never had it, Turkey in the EU would mean a second, but legal, invasion of the whole island.

[phoenix]

Well all my predictions have been right so far ... it was obvious from the start there was never going to be an opportunity for Turkey to join the EU.

They will now be strung along so that they carry on behaving a bit better for a little longer with the hint of a privileged partnership.

Then it will be the bolting of the door, and finally declaration of war by Europe against Turkey if they do not remove their troops from EU soil .......... i.e. Cyprus.

To anyone that thinks Turkey deserves entry because it is so close to Cyprus ... never forget, the land may be close to Cyprus, the land has always been close to Cyprus ........ but the people came from Mongolia and are Asian not European.

Maybe we will eventually get Constantinople back too ...

Hip Hip Hooray! ....for the wisest, most powerful EU members ... France and Germany.

[shahmaran]

Which Turks are you talking about exactly Phoenix? There are over 20 ethnicity's there not including the silly amount of foreigners, or do you just talk shit out of boredom?

And don't think i have not noticed you refer to the Greeks as "we" either, all that crap about us being Cypriot and all was clearly temporary, you reveal your true face more and more everyday, but considering the amount of shit you talk I'm starting to believe we will find an arse under that veil instead, probably a very hairy one too considering you are "Greek"

[CopperLine]

The position of Sarkozy and Merkel is just not news. Sarkozy is a fascist and racist making Le Pen's FN completely redundant in France. Merkel is a conservative christian. And the two of them don't want Turkey in the EU for different but re-inforcing reasons. You'll be sure to tell us the news first if you find out that bears crap in woods or if you discover that the pope is Catholic, won't you ?

For those of you (including Merkel) who insist that European membership requires territory in 'Europe', you might wish to explain how come the French departements outre-mer and the Dutch Caribbean territories are also integral.