Wilshire@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前Turkish parliament approves Sweden’s membership of Natowww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square55linkfedilinkarrow-up1434arrow-down13
arrow-up1431arrow-down1external-linkTurkish parliament approves Sweden’s membership of Natowww.theguardian.comWilshire@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前message-square55linkfedilink
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 年前The EU is not about to let Turkey join, and the main reason is that Turkey don’t really want to.
minus-squareResol van Lemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 年前So, they submitted an application in 1999 and then suddenly revoked it?
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 年前It’s not revoked. It’s stalled. There’s a huge list of things they’d need to do to join, and they basically haven’t completed any of it. Cyprus is a major sticking point, along with Erdogan, who while not quite being a dictator in name, is probably only a little way off it.
The EU is not about to let Turkey join, and the main reason is that Turkey don’t really want to.
So, they submitted an application in 1999 and then suddenly revoked it?
It’s not revoked. It’s stalled. There’s a huge list of things they’d need to do to join, and they basically haven’t completed any of it.
Cyprus is a major sticking point, along with Erdogan, who while not quite being a dictator in name, is probably only a little way off it.
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