FEUTURE EU 28 Country Report The Netherlands
FEUTURE EU 28 Country Report The Netherlands The Netherlands has traditionally supported Turkey's EU memberership. But that support has never been unconditional. As elsewhere inside the EU there have always been doubts about the capacity of Turkey to adapt and of the EU to absorb. But the fact remains that the Dutch government, which held the presidency of the Council at the time, helped to pave the way for the opening of official negotiations in 2004. But of course, strings were attached: the Copenhagen Criteria would have to be met and in combination with the formula of the "open-ended proce... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | report |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2017 |
Schlagwörter: | European Union / EU-Turkey Relations / Netherlands / Turkish Accession / Euroscepticism / Anti-Islam Polemics / Democracy / Rule of Law / Geopolitics / Syria / Refugee Crisis / EU Enlargement / Political Change / Ukraine / Russia |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27234073 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://zenodo.org/record/2621225 |
FEUTURE EU 28 Country Report The Netherlands The Netherlands has traditionally supported Turkey's EU memberership. But that support has never been unconditional. As elsewhere inside the EU there have always been doubts about the capacity of Turkey to adapt and of the EU to absorb. But the fact remains that the Dutch government, which held the presidency of the Council at the time, helped to pave the way for the opening of official negotiations in 2004. But of course, strings were attached: the Copenhagen Criteria would have to be met and in combination with the formula of the "open-ended process" it was clear that membership was not a guaranteed outcome. It was expected to be a long process during which Turkey could become a different, more European, country. ; This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 692976. This publication reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein