RE: UK to leave EU
June 25, 2016 at 11:29 am
(This post was last modified: June 25, 2016 at 11:40 am by Homeless Nutter.)
(June 25, 2016 at 11:11 am)madog Wrote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accession_...pean_Union
Yeah - fat chance. Not gonna happen.
Quote:EU member states must unanimously agree on Turkey's membership for the Turkish accession to be successful. In December 2011, a poll showed that as much as 71% of the participants surveyed in Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the UK were opposed to Turkey's membership in the European Union.[94] A number of nations may oppose it; notably Austria (which historically served as a bulwark for Christian Europe against the Ottoman Empire whose armies twice laid siege to Vienna in 1529 and 1683); Germany (chancellor Angela Merkel has long rejected Turkey's accession bid, and has proposed a "privileged partnership" instead);[95] and France (where some are anxious at the prospect of a new wave of Muslim immigrants, given the country's already large Muslim community.)[96]
Despite USA supporting Turkey joining EU - there's no way Germany, France, Austria, or - for that matter - any other country afraid of the next wave of muslim immigrants - accept Turkey as a member.
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw