The British pres was flooded yesterday with negative comments about the prospect of Turkey joining the EU. Most of these comments were racist in nature and the majority opinion appeared to suggest that the only reason Turkey should not be in the European club was to do with the fear of increased immigration. This to me isn't right or correct. The first argument against these negative views is that Turkey would not be able to join until their economy was normalised and was on the same level as other European states which would mean, in theory that the volume of immigration would not be as high as it would be right now, on the other hand the British economy needs younger skilled workers to pay for our aging populations pensions!
The only two obstacles come from Turkey's problem with being in control without the military dictating what the politicians do and of course the illegal occupation of EU territory. Turkey is still occupying 37% of the Republic of Cyprus a full member state of the EU. It will be inconceivable for a new country to join if they are in clear violation of international law and until that issue is resolved the application should be frozen.
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