Discuss Crisis with the Euro? No - it's Expansion as Normal! in Current Affairs, News and Analysis on The Army Rumour Service; Originally Posted by rmgbem
I would have thought the Euro Zone has enough problem Countries on it's books without encouraging another!
BBC News - EU seeks fresh start with Turkey on membership bid
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About LinkBacks- 17-05-2012, 18:12 #11Senior Member
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The Euro Zone does have its problems, but this is not a Euro Zone issue and probably never will be, unless the Euro survives long enough to invite Turkey into it!
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Then Greece all over again!rmgbem likes this.
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I'm guessing we're scraping the bottom of the EU coffers and Turkey's membership and dowry will add to the bottomless pit of EU expenditure. Greece is far to busy surviving to dissent and even if they do raise their now insignificant voice...who's gonna listen.
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Originally Posted by Markintime
Haha, you make me laugh...."The fusion (of economic functions) would compel nations to fuse their sovereignty into that of a single European State."
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I had an interesting perspective from a Turkish guy last week - he said something to the effect of, "The French will never let us in because our agricultural products are so much cheaper - a tomato costs 3 pence [centimes/cents] in Turkey". Food for thought!
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In the last 8 years, Turkey's national debt has gone down from 104% of GDP to 45%. I think they'd be the stupid ones for joining the EU.
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Not when I was there they bloody well didn't. Thieving bastards. Originally Posted by Oyibo
If Turkey were let in even to the limited free-trade zone without being members (a-la Switzerland) then there would still be free movement of people as this is a condition of the free-trade perks even if you're not a full member.
What on earth is Cameron thinking? Posing domestically as anti-EU but at the same time talking about expanding it letting every lunatic from Turkey come and go with no possible border controls. Demented."If a terrorist organisation wanted to knock out the moral compass of Britain, all they'd have to do is to kill 100 celebrities at random. The entire country would have an instant nervous breakdown."
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Can we do swapsies, Greece for Turkey?
The falafels better, they are a geo political asset and useful in a ruck, their economy is thriving, they work harder than the clock watching Germans and unlike the busted Bubbles they can actually afford to buy herds of Leopard IIs so our new overlords get their spa time and don't get all grumpy.
Actually the way things are going in six months time swapping France and its busted banks for Turkey may be looking pretty sweet.That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on!
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Well I did assume he was not speaking from an entirely neutral position. And we were in Kurdistan, where he insisted there had never been issues between the Kursd and the Turks. Originally Posted by Pyianno Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
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Turkey allowed into Europe, never happen, the germans will never live with that.
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