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Erdogan links Sweden's NATO membership to Turkey's EU accession (news.yahoo.com)

submitted 1 year ago by scyrp@kbin.social to c/geopolitics@kbin.social

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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in an unexpected move, said on Monday the European Union should open the way for Ankara's accession to the bloc before Turkey's parliament approves Sweden's bid to join the NATO military alliance. Turkey's bid to join the EU has been frozen for years after membership talks were launched in 2005 under Erdogan's first term as prime minister. The ties between Ankara and members of the bloc soured several years ago, especially after a 2016 failed coup attempt in Turkey, but have since largely improved.

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[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Turkey simply isn't going to follow the EU by-laws on democracy.

[–] scyrp@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

in fairness, these rules are being skirted within the EU constantly. Bypassing checks and balances and overall centralization of power seems to be a theme for many nations. Admitting Turkey without both fixing the EU's internal rules/structure to better allow for reform and compliance to values as well as Turkey getting in line with EU standards on issues like human rights, judicial independence, freedom of expression, etc.

I'm not sure if it will be in my life but I expect all these issues to eventually be rectified and integration to happen.