beattie said:What about all the money that will have to ploughed in there just to bring the standard of living up to anything approaching eu norms.
Alba Longa said:Could it be that they wish to muslimize Europe - and why would they want to do that?
Sherman said:if one subscribes to the view that the EU is (or should be) solely an economic grouping, then there are compelling arguments as to why Turkey should be admitted to the EU
While it obviously has a huge proportion of Muslim citizens, Turkey is much more strictly secular than many Western European countries (an obvious exception being France) ever since Ataturk's modernisation/secularisation drive in the 1920-30s. Several Western European countries, not least of all Ireland, could learn a thing or two from them on that front. For example, I can't imagine a public hospital in Turkey being prevented by vested religious interests from particpating in clinical trials of cancer drugs on the basis of "ethical" objections to the potential requirement to concurrently use contraception.Alba Longa said:Could it be that they wish to muslimize Europe
Purple said:My problem with Turkish membership is that if they are in we, (the EU), will have a border with some pretty nasty countries. I am not convinced that Turkey has sufficient border controls in place to stop a substantial flow of economic migrants and those who might seek to do us harm from other countries. Turkey borders Georgia, Armenia, Iran, Iraq and Syria.
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