[48], In 2017, EU officials expressed that planned Turkish policies violate the Copenhagen criteria of eligibility for an EU membership. [135], In 2004, the French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier stated that Turkey must recognise the systematic massacres of Armenians in 1915 as a genocide. The duration of negotiations can vary – starting at the same time as another country is no guarantee of finishing at the same time. In addition, there are businesses in Brazil and Turkey … This agreement came into effect the following year on 12 December 1964. [140][141][142] Reasons given for the ban were security concerns, and religious sensitivities caused by holding the parade during the month of Ramadan. The EU Council froze the opening of eight chapters over Turkey's rejection to open its ports and airports to traffic from Cyprus in 2006. ", "Cyprus won't open EU accession chapters for Turkey", "Fule urges Turkey to implement Additional Protocol", "Turkey-EU Relations: time to rebuild trust", "Turkey tells EU it may postpone competition chapter if needed", "Turkey sees bleak future for EU accession talks in 2012", "Turkey: EU political benchmarks 'were never given to us, "EU Commissioner Fule: Positive Agenda to put EU process back on track", "Bağış: 'Dört fasılda kapanış kriterlerini yerine getirdiğimizin teyidini aldık, "Turkey targets 2013 for EU legal compliance", "Brussels declines to endorse 2013 date for Turkey's EU entry", "Merkel reassures Turkey on EU talks, Erdogan raps Cyprus", "Gül: 'Biz de AB üyeliğini referanduma götüreceğiz, "New Eurobarometer poll results show a drop in Turkish support for the EU", "Turkey welcomes new chapter in EU talks, wants more progress", "Turkey could put EU talks to a referendum next year: Erdogan", "Euro MPs vote to freeze Turkey EU membership talks", "EU says won't expand Turkey membership talks", "Turkey's Impending Estrangement From the West", "Turkey's EU bid in jeopardy after Council of Europe vote", "EU plans to cut financial assistance to Turkey", "Enlargement and Stabilisation and Association Process Council conclusions", "Turkey condemns European parliament committee call to suspend...", "Turkey Faces Crucial Vote on EU Accession Before Local Ballot", "European Commission - Commission Visa Progress Report: Turkey makes progress towards visa liberalisation", http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/pdf/enlargement_process/accession_process/how_does_a_country_join_the_eu/negotiations_croatia_turkey/overview_negotiations_tr_en.pdf, "Turkey expects new talks on its EU bid next month", "New EU chapter promises regional development in Turkey", "Accession conference with Turkey: Talks opened on Chapter 33 - Financial and budgetary provisions", "Commission Staff Working Document - Turkey 2015 Report", "Commission Staff Working Document - Turkey 2016 Report", "Turkey - financial assistance under IPA II", "Turkey received €1bn in EU money to develop democracy", "Where did all the money from the EU to Turkey go? A 2007 poll put Turkish support for accession to the EU at 41.9% (up from 32% in 2006), with 27.7% opposed and 24.0% indifferent. "[152], Turkey is one of two states (along with Azerbaijan) among the 47 members of the Council of Europe which refuse to recognise the status of conscientious objectors or give them an alternative to military service, other than a reduction of service by paying a tax. In the past support for Turkish accession came especially from left-wing parties, but more recently both sides of the political spectrum in Europe have been highly critical of Turkey's human rights record. [88] A number of nations may oppose it; notably Austria;[citation needed] Germany (chancellor Angela Merkel has long rejected Turkey's accession bid, and has proposed a "privileged partnership" instead);[89] and France (where some[who?] The EU welcomes Turkey's commitment to accelerate the fulfilment of the Visa Roadmap benchmarks in return for halting the flow of Syrian refugees from Turkey to Greece. This means Turkey would get the maximal number of representatives in the European Parliament, equal to Germany's. No party can claim that it represents a form of religious belief; nevertheless, religious sensibilities are generally represented through conservative parties. The latter, in particular, are concerned that unification would be frustrated and the European project threatened by Turkey's inclusion. In September 2017, Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, mentioned that halting accession talks with Turkey would be a strategic mistake by the European Union, amid a war of words raging between Germany and Turkey. [119] The former Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis stated that Turkish membership of the EU could only be predicated upon, "full compliance, full accession" in December 2006.
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