Tag: EU-Turkey relations
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“We have to explain to people how important the EU is” – Interview with MEP Sarah Ludford
The MEP’s views on Euroscepticism, the EU’s challenges in light of the upcoming elections and EU-Turkey relations.
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“For more equality, greater reforms in the European Union are necessary.”Interview with Raimon Obiols MEP
Raimon Obiols is a Spanish MEP for the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, and member of numerous committees, including the Committee of Foreign Affairs and the Subcommittee on Human Rights. Mr Obiols started his political career fighting against Franco’s dictatorship in Spain. After fifty years of political…
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“In times of crisis, it is tempting to seek a kind of original purity”. Interview with Hélène Flautre MEP
Societal issues have become more and more global. So how can being a Member of the European Parliament and dealing with international issues help you when running for a local office? Find out how Hélène FLAUTRE, MEP since 1999 and chief candidate of Europe-Ecologie-Les Verts (the French green party) for the city of Arras, answers…
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Turkey as Passe-Partout for the EU or How to Open Trade Doors
There is a need for the EU to break into new markets and Turkey has a major role to play in this respect.
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“There are Important Distinctions, Differences, Between Turkey and Europe, Which Have to be Managed.” Andrew Duff, British MEP
You are the first vice-president of the Joint Parliamentary delegation to Turkey. What do you think of the current state of EU-Turkey relations? Do you think that the “democratic reforms” recently proposed by Erdogan’s government will change some of the negative European perspectives towards Ankara and re-spark the relationship? Up to a point yes. But…
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EU-Turkey Relations: a Viennese Waltz Made to Last
The image one gets from the EU-Turkey couple is that of dance partners: sometimes very close, sometimes a bit further away from one another.