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Beyond Enlargement? European Skepticism, Turkish Cynicism, and the Uncertain Future of EU-Turkey Relations February 24, 2011 / Emiliano Alessandri
The uncertain evolution of EU-Turkey relations has seen a potentially critical development in recent years: a new Turkish cynicism has been added to the more traditional skepticism of European elites and publics. The accession process, already stalling because of the unsolved Cyprus issue and the French unilateral veto on several chapters of negotiations, also risks losing all its remaining steam because, as openly admitted by an ever larger number of Turks themselves, Turkey no longer sees European integration as a destiny, but at best as an option whose viability and value have to be both verified.



