Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister: If Turkey were an EU member, war in Ukraine could have been avoided
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In recent weeks, Turkish officials have spoken more and more about their ambition to return to EU accession negotiations. According to Farouk Kaymakci, Turkey now enjoys only a "marginalised and discriminated against" candidate status. He welcomes political support for Ukraine's EU membership, but argues that "the most useful EU membership will only be Turkey's".
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From the powerful French Presidency, the Union will pass into the hands of our neighbours, who, even before the war, had to patch up holes in the budget. This will make it difficult for it to find space to deal with other issues, including civic reforms.
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After the start of the Russian aggression, the Slovak Prime Minister said that the EU must find a new way and new rules that would allow Ukraine to become a member of the Union. However, European leaders have not yet even granted it candidate status. At the EU summit, EDUARD HEGER said the accession criteria should not be changed. "They show a country's readiness to be a member state," he told EURACTIV Slovakia.
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Today, debates about systemic change are sidelining acute security problems. But even before the conflict broke out, citizens were giving guidance that would make today's negotiations on sanctions look very different.
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The move to qualified majority voting is not on the table. In recent weeks, we have found unity in decisions that would otherwise have taken months. Voluntary agreements have more value and we want to keep this trend going as long as possible, says Slovak Prime Minister EDUARD HEGER in the podcast.
