Turkey ridicules offer of EU membership in exchange for halting refugee influx - Polidicks

[url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/11937537/EU-approves-Turkey-migrant-plan.html[/url] [QUOTE][B]Turkey has brushed off the offer of EU membership in exchange for halting the refugee influx as “bribery”, hours after European leaders sought to buy the country’s co-operation at a price of £2.2 billion.[/B] Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the man Europe hopes can hold back a vast new wave of migrants, ridiculed an offer of visas, cash and a fresh chapter of accession talks drawn up by European leaders last night. If Brussels wants his co-operation, nothing less than full EU membership will do, the president said, adding that the offer did not appear to be “sincere”. “[B]The West and Europe's security and stability is contingent on our security and stability. They have accepted this now. So if it can't happen without Turkey, why don't you take Turkey into the EU? The problem is clear but they are not open[/B],” he said. Mr Erdogan’s determination to drive a hard bargain with Europe came as Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, prepared to travel to Turkey this weekend to try build momentum for a workable deal with Ankara. “Liberalisation of visas with Turkey should be on extremely specific, controlled terms,” said Mr Hollande, hinting at disquiet in some European capitals at the security implications of liberalising the visa regime with Turkey. Nigel Farage, the UKIP leader, attacked the prospect of Turkish entry into the EU as "insanity" and "blackmail".[/QUOTE]

Lolwut no one's straight up offering Turkey EU membership, they're offering to slightly advance the membership talks that have been going on since 2005 [editline]17th October 2015[/editline] That whole first line is super biased and is directly contradicted by the rest of the article where it says Erdogan wants EU membership but isn't being given it. Weird.

Thats because Erdogan is being a nut as usual. His tune changed about 10 times within 4 hours, from railing against the nobel prize to complaining about eu membership to criticizing the attempts of the eu to get them to help to criticizing their offer of EU membership. I'm not even sure who he's appealing to.

Turkey doesn't even want to join the EU anyway lol. Turkey puts zero effort into actually doing anything that's required to join it. [editline]17th October 2015[/editline] Also yeah what smurfy said the article is confusing, first it says they refused EU membership then they complain about not being given EU membership. [quote]Turkey has brushed off the offer of EU membership[/quote] [QUOTE]If Brussels wants his co-operation, nothing less than full EU membership will do, the president said[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Electrocuter;48925730]Turkey doesn't even want to join the EU anyway lol. Turkey puts zero effort into actually doing anything that's required to join it. [editline]17th October 2015[/editline] Also yeah what smurfy said the article is confusing, first it says they refused EU membership then they complain about not being given EU membership.[/QUOTE] war is peace

[QUOTE=Electrocuter;48925730]Turkey doesn't even want to join the EU anyway lol. Turkey puts zero effort into actually doing anything that's required to join it.[/QUOTE] You can want something but not put any effort or wanting the responsibilities that come with it.

[QUOTE=godfatherk;48926249]war is peace[/QUOTE] what does referencing a mediocre book have to do here

[QUOTE=Sobotnik;48929201]what does referencing a mediocre book have to do here[/QUOTE] fight me irl

I think it's really pushing it to try and bring Turkey into the EU, it will only speed up the collapse of the European Project.

[QUOTE=Trebgarta;48931205]What is European Project?[/QUOTE] The EU.

[QUOTE=Jame's;48932618]The EU.[/QUOTE] Then why not call it the EU? You know, the actual name of the group? Oh I think I know actually; it's easier to fearmonger and make it sound like a high-school project gone awry if you call it the "European Project". Cute. Did you pick that one up from the Daily Mail or was that something you heard at the local UKIP meeting?

[QUOTE=hexpunK;48933229]Then why not call it the EU? You know, the actual name of the group? Oh I think I know actually; it's easier to fearmonger and make it sound like a high-school project gone awry if you call it the "European Project". Cute. Did you pick that one up from the Daily Mail or was that something you heard at the local UKIP meeting?[/QUOTE] Why are you so angry?

The European Project is the name of the collaborative effort to bring the European states closer together after World War 2. The EU is one of the best examples of this, but it also includes the Council of Europe with its Court of Human Rights, and groups like Euratom, ESA, ... that aren't directly part of the EU.