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minus-square@Blackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish8•5 months agoThe EU is not about to let Turkey join, and the main reason is that Turkey don’t really want to.
minus-squareResol van LemmylinkfedilinkEnglish0•5 months agoSo, they submitted an application in 1999 and then suddenly revoked it?
minus-square@Blackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish6•5 months agoIt’s not revoked. It’s stalled. There’s a huge list of things they’d need to do to join, and they basically haven’t completed any of it. Cyprus is a major sticking point, along with Erdogan, who while not quite being a dictator in name, is probably only a little way off it.
The EU is not about to let Turkey join, and the main reason is that Turkey don’t really want to.
So, they submitted an application in 1999 and then suddenly revoked it?
It’s not revoked. It’s stalled. There’s a huge list of things they’d need to do to join, and they basically haven’t completed any of it.
Cyprus is a major sticking point, along with Erdogan, who while not quite being a dictator in name, is probably only a little way off it.
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