Główny temat z dnia Wtorek, 7. Kwiecień 2009

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The new dialogue

US President Barack Obama wants to improve relations between the US and the Islamic World. On his visit to Ankara on Monday he also made a case for Turkey's joining the EU. The European press comments on what looks like the start of a new dialogue.

The Independent - Wielka Brytania

The Independent makes a case for Turkey in the EU: "Turkish membership would be a tremendous boost for relations between Europe and the Muslim world. At a stroke, the EU would be transformed from looking like a white, Christian club, to an alliance of free-trading democracies. And the influence of the mostly moderate Muslims of Turkey might even help to counteract the spread of separatist Islamism in the likes of Britain and the Netherlands. Nor should we forget that the lure of membership gives Europe great scope to push for reform within Turkey, even if the results so far have been less than many hoped for. The process is almost as valuable as the result. President [Barack] Obama might have been a little indelicate in throwing Washington's full backing behind Ankara's EU bid, but we should be in no doubt about one thing: it is not in the interests of a single European to see the door slammed in Turkey's face." (07/04/2009)

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Trouw - Holandia

Turkish-born columnist Cilay Özdemir argues in the daily Trouw that Turkey should join the EU: "The advantage of Turkey is that it's the sole country that can form a bridge between the West and the East. It's no secret that the country has a poor reputation as far as human rights and freedoms go. And Turkey rightly takes international criticism seriously on this front. In recent years the country has greatly improved its human rights record, especially for minorities. There's still a lot more to do. ... [But] Turkey serves as a model in the region. For decades the Arab populations have heard from their corrupt regimes that Islam and democracy are not compatible. This dogma has been far less easy to swallow since the Islamic AKP took office in Turkey. A large part of the democratic development in Turkey has taken place thanks to the AKP." (07/04/2009)

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Więcej z przeglądu prasy na temat » Rozszerzenie UE, » Europa, » Turcja
Wszystkie dostępne teksty » Cilay Özdemir

Le Nouvel Observateur - Francja

Dorothée Schmid, director of the Turkey programme at the French Institut of International Relations (IFRI), comments in an interview with the weekly magazine Le Nouvel Observateur on Barack Obama's call for bringing Turkey firmly into the Western camp: "This vision follows more or less on the vision prevalent during the Cold War, when Turkey was against the Soviet Bloc. ... The major problem today is that people are weary of enlargement, and with the immense difficulties faced by the EU in absorbing the last major enlargement as well as the other more minor ones. ... Turkey goes through successive phases of instability, and that tarnishes its image abroad. ... The Europeans want to avoid putting the accent on religious differences. What's important for the Americans, on the contrary, is to stress that this 'moderate' religious identity can function as a bridge to the Muslim world." (06/04/2009)

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Wszystkie dostępne teksty » Emilie Jardin

De Standaard - Belgia

Turkey must become a member of the EU, Dirk Verhofstad of the independent think tank Liberales writes in the daily De Standaard: "To slam the door in Turkey's face for good would be, as [Barack] Obama well knows, a momentous mistake. … I'm talking about protecting the rights and freedoms of every single Turk, Kurd, Armenian, Circassian, Arab or anyone else with a special background living in Turkey today. This is about people, about their rights and freedoms. It's about the protection of their uniqueness. If we keep the door shut on Turkey we are giving those who want to reduce the Turks to a single identity - that of their Muslim existence - free reign to do so. And in so doing we would be pushing this huge country into the greedy hands of the Islamists with their dubious human rights agenda, particularly as regards women." (07/04/2009)

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Wszystkie dostępne teksty » Dirk Verhofstadt

Kathimerini - Grecja

Writing in the daily newspaper I Kathimerini Stavros Lygeros asks why so many people seem surprised that US President Barack Obama has called for Turkey to be allowed to join the EU: "From the very beginning the US lobbied for Turkey's EU membership, not because it loves the Turks but because such a development would serve its main interests, which are based on strategic considerations. The US has never looked kindly on European integration because it sees the EU as a rival to its own leading role. … The US quite rightly believes that Turkey will undermine Europe's attempts to unify, particularly at a political level. The growing ego of Ankara and the way it tries to haggle are not compatible with the common European parameters for a constructive compromise." (07/04/2009)

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Wszystkie dostępne teksty » Stavros Lygeros

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