coherent strategy. EU leaders and their voters are mostly unenthusiastic about the idea of Turkey joining the EU, and many … eventually force it to accept Turkey u0096 grudgingly and with great misgivings. Now the EU needs to think strategically about … European integration, but they are really an astonishing opportunity for the EU. Turkey is the largest and strategically most …

The next few months are the last opportunity for Turkey to take steps that could influence the european Commissionu0092 …

that Turkey is too big, too poor, has too dangerous borders and is insufficiently u0091Europeanu0092 to join the Union …. Turkey was officially recognised as an EU candidate in December 1999, and in December 2002, the European Council announced … that if Turkey met its political u0091Copenhagenu0092 criteria by the end of 2004 it would open negotiations without delay …

reforms in Turkey triggered by EU membership; and (iii) migration in response to the free movement of workers. Overall, the … creation. Turkey experiences larger economic gains than the EU: consumption per capita is estimated to rise by about 4% as a … result of accession to the internal market and free movement of labour. If Turkey would succeed in reforming its domestic …

Turkey on full membership. The report describes Turkey as a large country with the consumer potential of a small European … country. However, in the future, it will be a market which few companies can afford to ignore. The Turkey of today is a … strategic asset to Europe by providing a buffer against rogue states and regional uncertainties. The Turkey of tomorrow is an …

highly speculative. Not only Turkey, but also the EU are evolving and changing constantly. In addition, one cannot know with … some extentu0096 to calculate the cost that Turkey as a fully integrated EU member would represent to the budget. The first … possibility is to calculate what Turkey would receive under the Common Agricultural Policy and the Structural Funds, as a full …

Turkey could be the EU's biggest success in foreign affairs. Europeans should be proud that they are transforming, in a … peaceful manner, the political system of a country as large and complex as Turkey. Regime change EU-style is cheap, voluntary … and long-lasting. Turkey also has a lot to contribute to EU policies for the wider Middle East: credibility, political …

The paper states that economic growth is picking up in Turkey and the economy is on the road to recovery. It concludes …