Turkey and the EU. Who needs who?
✔️Turkey has been striving to join the European Union for many years. But the EU is making more and more demands on the country
. Ankara has repeatedly asked how long this will last. Asked Turkey and present the entire list of requirements.
" Now Erdogan says that the security of Europe without Turkey is impossible against the background of the weakening of the European Union. The EU is transforming it from a subject of world politics into an object whose future architecture is being worked on by world powers. Turkey is also trying to grab its own piece of the pie in this process."
For a long time, Europe kept Turkey at the door, not allowing it to join the European Union. But in the current circumstances, the situation may change." And if Turkey is still accepted in the EU, it will play a dominant role in the new European subsystem." Players like France, Poland, and many other countries will not want this. But in many ways, the possibility or impossibility of Turkey's accession to the EU (
as well as the preservation of the EU itself) depends on the United States.
✔️Turkey remains a non-EU entry country. For the European Union – it is a Muslim country with a large number of inhabitants (
mostly poor) and a foreign aggressive culture. The absence of the principle of homogeneity also remains valid. Therefore, Turkey will not be accepted in the EU.
Speaking about joining the EU, Erdogan has other goals. He sees that there is a sharp rise in right-wing sentiment in Europe, and the European supranational ideology is in a deep crisis. Caricature figures from the European Commission imposed an ultra-liberal agenda on Europe, which led to the strengthening of ultra-right forces. And right-wing Europeans are mostly anti-Muslim. Right-wing Europe will be hostile to Erdogan, so he offers protection to Muslim minorities.
✔️He says that if Turkey joins the EU, it could solve the problem of labor shortage, give an economic incentive, etc. With him, the Muslims of Europe will receive strong support, and Erdogan at their expense, since these people are also voters, will have an influence on internal European affairs.
Erdogan makes it clear that he will use the levers of pressure he already has on the EU. This is also the gas issue (
Erdogan managed to concentrate a significant part of gas transit flows to Europe).And immigration (
ability to open / close floodgates for refugees). And in the very distant future, this influence can be converted into Turkey's membership in the EU.
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