All4114All wrote:Kikapu wrote:All4114All wrote:Just another example of the EU being a Christian Club.
Why does then Turkey wants to be part of it.????
Accession at the moment is more important than membership for the continuing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and entrepreneur investments into Turkey to help with economic growth as we are witnessing. This gives confidence for investments into Turkey that if and when it joins the EU it can open up the entire economy and take over the single market.
However if negotiations stall or either party walks away from the negotiation table foreign investment slows down and the government reacts with further protectionism. But we must also not forget the EU accounts for very high FDI into Turkey. So both EU and Turkey are interconnected than just a simple yes or no entry.
Besides the politics its $$$$$ that drives Turkey and EU to keep the accession talks open. Emerging markets (Turkey) always attract FDI as the currency is likely to rise.
Something to think about when accession talks began again in 2005 it was pressure from European Roundtable of Industrialists and BusinessEurope made recommendations to open Turkey EU accession talks.
That is why if this trend continues the EU will need to make a choice for a stronger union and globalization of it's currency for the future or keep doing what it is doing and growth of the union will slow in its aging population and economic crisis of many EU countries.
If we turn the clock back 10 years Turkey in meltdown and EU powerful even thinking of accession talks with Turkey would be a laughing matter. The world continues to change.
Please also understand I am not suggesting Turkey is the bail out of the EU but it is certainly ranks itself much higher than Estonia.
Listen my friend, no one doubts that Turkey is benefiting economically from her EU accession talks, despite Turkey telling us that the EU needs Turkey more than Turkey needs the EU. But that's not what we are talking about here, is it.?? You made a what appears to be a very negative remark bordering racism that the EU is a Christian Club, just because they have spoken out against bunch of
"jack boots" storming a Christmas service in a church and throwing the worshippers out, and my question for you was, if Turkey does not like Christians, why do they want to join what you claim the EU to be a Christian Club. That is what we are talking about and not whether Turkey is benefiting from the EU business or not.
But since you have brought up the business side of the EU accession talks for Turkey which you stated how much Turkey benefits from, there may come a time that will become Turkey's downfall when Turkey does not make it into the EU and talks end or even the EU directly threaten to cut it's business ties with Turkey just because Turkey won't leave from the EU territories in Cyprus. Just like someone who is a drug addict and when they can't get their fix they will fall apart, Turkey may become that "drug addict" without her EU business fix to keep her functioning, but instead, start to fall apart economically. The EU is moving slowly with Turkey, but I'm sure their long term objective is to rid Turkey from Cyprus one way or the other without looking like Pricks while they are doing it. They will want to make Turkey look like Pricks instead. It will be subtle but effective. With all that oil and gas on EU's territorial waters off the Southern Coast of Cyprus, Turkey better start looking for another "drug pusher" to satisfy her needs, if and when the EU cuts her off.!
