The Pivotal Relationship. German Doubts and the Turkish-EU Accession Process mars 14, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turquie, Turquie-UE, UE.Tags: bilateral relations, Christian Altfuldisch, EU, EU enlargement, Gerald Knaus, Germany, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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GTE Commentary (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 7, 14 March 2013, 3 pages
by Gerald Knaus and Christian Altfuldisch *
Germany and Turkey have seen economic, cultural, and social ties grow ever closer throughout the 20th century. Given Germany’s position within the EU, and in particular on all issues related with EU enlargement, as well as its large Turkish diaspora (the largest in the world), it is the central actor when it comes to Turkey-EU relations. (en savoir plus…)
Dealing with a Rising Power: Turkey’s Transformation and its Implications for the EU octobre 28, 2012
Posted by Acturca in Turquie, Turquie-UE.Tags: AKP, CES, EU enlargement, foreign policy, Gerald Knaus, Manfred Scheich, military, soft power, Svante Cornell, The Centre for European Studies, Turkey, Turkey-EU, Turkey’s EU accession process
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The Centre for European Studies (CES) October 2012, 124 p.
S. Cornell, G. Knaus, M. Scheich
Turkey’s growing assertiveness on the international stage, difficulties with EU accession, rapidly rising economy, and the long and controversial reign of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) are all necessitating a need for analysis. (en savoir plus…)
Analyst: EU-Turkey relations are bad, but should not get worse juillet 20, 2012
Posted by Acturca in Europe du Sud-Est, Russie, Turquie-UE, UE.Tags: Ayla Gürel, Cyprus, EU enlargement, EU membership, Peace Research Institute Oslo, PRIO, Russia, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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EurActiv Czech Republic, 20 July 2012
Adéla Denková
EU-Turkey relations are as bad as they that can be at the moment, largely because of the Cyprus EU presidency. But they should not get any worse because the two sides are dependent on each other, Ayla Gürel * of the Peace Research Institute in Oslo tells EurActiv Czech Republic. (en savoir plus…)
What Hollande means for a Social Democratic CHP juin 12, 2012
Posted by Acturca in France, Turquie, Turquie-UE.Tags: AKP, Can Selçuki, CHP, Eldar Mamedov, EU enlargement, EU membership, François Hollande, France, Turkey
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Hürriyet Daily News (Turkey) 12 June 2012, p. 7
Eldar Mamedov & Can Selçuki *
If there is a foreign country with a good reason to celebrate François Hollande´s election as the president of France, it is Turkey. The outgoing president, Nicolas Sarkozy, did not believe that Turkey belonged to Europe culturally and geographically. That led France to block five chapters in the EU accession negotiations, which are relevant to Turkey´s EU membership. (en savoir plus…)
Turkey’s European Union membership or benefiting losers avril 16, 2012
Posted by Acturca in Turquie-UE, UE.Tags: EU, EU enlargement, EU membership, Turkey, Turkey-EU, UE
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Newtimes.az (Azerbaijan)
April 16, 2012
This year April 14 marks 25 years of Turkey’s official application for the European Union membership. Over this period 15 new members joined the organization, 4 countries became candidates and candidacy of 4 more countries came up on agenda. (en savoir plus…)
EU and Cyprus: Still a problem mars 5, 2012
Posted by Acturca in Europe du Sud-Est, Turquie-UE, UE.Tags: Cyprus, EU, EU enlargement, European Union, George Kyris, Greek Cypriot, Turkey, Turkish Cypriot, UE
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EurActiv.com, 05 March 2012
George Kyris *
In recent months, many project Cyprus’ upcoming EU presidency as a deadline (and catalyst) for the resolution of the Cyprus problem, the dispute between Greek-Cypriots and Turkish-Cypriots over the fate of their island. (en savoir plus…)
EU and Turkey: talks languish, trade booms février 21, 2012
Posted by Acturca in Turquie-UE.Tags: Cengiz Aktar, EU enlargement, EU membership, Jean-Maurice Ripert, Sinan Ülgen, Suat Kınıklıoğlu, Turkey-EU
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Associated Press (AP), February 21, 2012
By Christopher Torchia, Istanbul
If a project has no deadline, is it really a project? What do you call a negotiation process in which the partners can’t talk about key issues? These are existential times for Turkey’s campaign to join the European Union — an ambitious vision that has become increasingly ambiguous. (en savoir plus…)
Don’t sideline EU enlargement décembre 7, 2011
Posted by Acturca in Europe du Sud-Est, Turquie-UE, UE.Tags: Balkans, EU enlargement, Michael Leigh, Turkey-EU, UE
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The Wall Street Journal (USA) December 7, 2011
By Michael Leigh *
Stability in the Balkans may become the next victim of the euro crisis. (en savoir plus…)
Former Turkish ambassador: ‘EU dream is dead’ novembre 18, 2011
Posted by Acturca in Turquie-UE.Tags: EU enlargement, EU membership, Turkey, Turkey-EU, Volkan Bozkir
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EUobserver.com (Belgium) 18.11.11
By Andrew Rettman, Istanbul
Turkey’s former ambassador to the EU, Volkan Bozkir, has described it as a spent force in world affairs amid general acceptance EU-Turkey accession talks are going nowhere. (en savoir plus…)
