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[simonwjones]

I dont want Turkey to be accepted in EU, and I don't think they should be allowed anyway.

I suggest you rid your body and brains of the venom and start looking at the bigger picture.

There is no big picture just a small one. Turkey are theives and are tresspassing someone elses country. Cyprus is one country and should remain one country. I believe that Turkey will pay for what has happened and I guess they are because they are not in eh EU

[simonwjones]

I dont want Turkey to be accepted in EU, and I don't think they should be allowed anyway.

I suggest you rid your body and brains of the venom and start looking at the bigger picture.

Eight Accession Chapters Frozen - Turkey

European Union (EU) foreign ministers have agreed to freeze eight out of 35 EU membership negotiation chapters with Turkey after talks lead by Finland failed to reach an agreement on several issues concerning Cyprus.

The main source of the dispute is Turkey's refusal to recognise the Republic of Cyprus and its continuing embargo on Cyprus flagged ships to its ports. The chapters that are to be suspended are those that touch on trade, transport, financial services and agriculture.

As part of its membership process, Turkey is obliged to recognise all EU members, including Cyprus, which joined in 2004. However, Turkey refuses to open its ports to Cyprus traffic until an economic embargo on the Turkish-Cypriots community in Cyprus is lifted.

There are no deadlines or ultimatums to be imposed on Turkey to pressure them to open their ports to Cyprus traffic.

"There has been no train crash - the train is still firmly on track. Eight chapters have been suspended - 27 out of 35 are not frozen, and there is every prospect that things will work steadily and effectively to make Turkey, in the fullness of time, a member of the European Union," said UK Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett.

The EU ministers reiterated a promise to end the economic isolation of the Turkish Cypriot community. The Republic of Cyprus (RoC) denies that the Turkish-Cypriot community is isolated, saying that this claim is a "slogan" and a "myth". The government has also denied that Turkey's EU obligations are in any connected to a solution of the Cyprus problem, saying that it calls on Turkey to comply with EU membership obligations.

It's estimated that Turkey may join the EU by 2020.

I rest my case frogman

[zan]

It's estimated that Turkey may join the EU by 2020.

Bang on schedule then........Hurrah

[andri_cy]

Well its a start

[Kikapu]

[quote=]It's estimated that Turkey may join the EU by 2020.[/quote]

Well, at least we MAY now have a date, to solve the Cyprus problems in 2020.!!

[simonwjones]

I wouldn't, I have lots of reasons. Too many to go into and they are not just about the north/south Cyp split they are also to do with my own country too.

I can not think of one thing which Turkey has to offer, apart from 1000's and 1000's of Turks looking for work in UK and taking our jobs. Don't get me wrong, there would be some highly qualifed people, but hell of alot more poorer people.

Turkey also spreads into Asia. Why not Morocco join the EU? They are only a few miles away from Spain.

The EU is for European countries, not Asian or Africian.

One more thing, with Turkey comes TRNC, and we all know this is not a country. If Turkey were accepted it would an even bigger joke than the petrol prices/tax we pay in the UK

[zan]

I wouldn't, I have lots of reasons. Too many to go into and they are not just about the north/south Cyp split they are also to do with my own country too.

I can not think of one thing which Turkey has to offer, apart from 1000's and 1000's of Turks looking for work in UK and taking our jobs. Don't get me wrong, there would be some highly qualifed people, but hell of alot more poorer people.

Turkey also spreads into Asia. Why not Morocco join the EU? They are only a few miles away from Spain.

The EU is for European countries, not Asian or Africian.

One more thing, with Turkey comes TRNC, and we all know this is not a country. If Turkey were accepted it would an even bigger joke than the petrol prices/tax we pay in the UK

Perhaps a little less thinking and a little more reading on other internet sites will give you more of an insite on what Turkey has to offer the EU, or are you looking for personal gain in which case you can look to the price of petrol in the future and your pension for starters. You could always wait and moan about them when you get a smaller pension of course but it is obvious that you are not thinking that far ahead. Thank god the government of the UK are. I have been working all my adult life and paying my taxes in the UK and would like my pensions to pay me what thay are supposed to.