EurActiv.de - Portal: EU-Informationen, EU-Nachrichten, EU-Debatten mit News, Hintergrund und Politikpositionen - Europa und Europe, EU-Kommission, EU-Parlament, EU-Rat und. Gerhard Schröder hat intensiv für die Vollmitgliedschaft der Türkei und für ein Assoziierungsabkommen samt Visafreiheit für Russland geworben.
EurActiv.de dokumentiert das Plädoyer des SPD-Altbundeskanzlers. Im globalen politischen und wirtschaftlichen Wettbewerb hat nur ein vereintes Europa eine Chance. Denn ein Nationalstaat, auch der deutsche, ist zu schwach. Wir Europäer können zwischen einem wiedererstarktem Amerika und Asien unter der Führung Chinas nur dann bestehen, wenn wir den Integrationskurs weiterentwickeln und verstärken. Nur dann bleibt die EU eine sozial, wirtschaftlich, kulturell und politisch erfolgreiche Gemeinschaft, die ein Vorbild für andere Regionen sein kann. Erstens: Die EU braucht die Türkei Geopolitisch müssen zwei Dinge damit verbunden werden. Es gibt keine perfekte Entscheidung Es gibt Leute, die sagen: Die Union verkraftet die Türkei mit ihren 80 Millionen Einwohnern nicht. Dass damit Integrationsprobleme verbunden sind, würde ich niemals bestreiten. Praktikum - Overview - Turkey - ESI. Istanbul.
Photo: flickr/Tigermuse Happy Anniversary? The EU, Turkey and the Ankara Agreement at 50 An ESI project funded by Stiftung Mercator Happy Anniversary? Happy Anniversary? ESI's Who's Who in the Turkey visa debate – Information and contacts (12 September 2013) The widespread sense among observers that the Turkish EU accession process might be headed for imminent failure has been present from its very outset.
We predict that even ten years from now, unless Turkey will have joined the EU as a full member, the accession process will be ongoing. There is a perception among many in Turkey that the EU has consistently discriminated against their country. At the same time, any objective assessment would conclude that Turkey remains some way from meeting the conditions for accession. One area where the EU has discriminated against Turkey has been in the field of visa-free travel. Leading experts on Turkey (2011) This project has been funded by the European Union. Accession of Turkey to the European Union. Turkey's application to accede to the European Economic Community, a predecessor of the European Union (EU), was made on 14 April 1987.
Turkey has been an associate member since 1963.[2] After the ten founding members, Turkey was one of the first countries to become a member of the Council of Europe in 1949, and was also a founding member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 1961[3] and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in 1973. The country has also been an associate member of the Western European Union since 1992, and is a part of the "Western Europe" branch of the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) at the United Nations.
Turkey signed a Customs Union agreement with the EU in 1995 and was officially recognised as a candidate for full membership on 12 December 1999, at the Helsinki summit of the European Council. History[edit] Background[edit] 1960s–1990s[edit] 2000s[edit] Positive Agenda[edit] Future[edit] Timeline[edit]