accession will have minimal impact on the EU economy. As a large poor country, Turkey will be eligible for significant budget … that Turkey is too big, too poor, has too dangerous borders and is insufficiently u0091Europeanu0092 to join the Union …. Turkey was officially recognised as an EU candidate in December 1999, and in December 2002, the European Council announced …

The paper states that economic growth is picking up in Turkey and the economy is on the road to recovery. It concludes … that it is up to the Turkish policy makers to make sure that the countryu0092s economy will leave its grave problems behind …

supporting the development of an active civil society capable of participating in public debate on democracy, human rights … Macedonia, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey. …

The next few months are the last opportunity for Turkey to take steps that could influence the european Commissionu0092 …

reforms in Turkey triggered by EU membership; and (iii) migration in response to the free movement of workers. Overall, the … creation. Turkey experiences larger economic gains than the EU: consumption per capita is estimated to rise by about 4% as a … result of accession to the internal market and free movement of labour. If Turkey would succeed in reforming its domestic …