'Hold on tight Europe, Turkey's coming'

Swany



Joined: 01/12/2009
Posts: 255

Message Posted:
03/03/2012 11:20

Well worth a watch...



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/9701480.stm

Ed1957


Joined: 03/09/2011
Posts: 377

Message Posted:
03/03/2012 11:30

Thanks Swany, I think this was his third time on hardtalk, the first time he got slaughtered, last time he held his own much better. I would like to have seen the whole programme

yrys88


Joined: 08/08/2009
Posts: 1140

Message Posted:
03/03/2012 11:33

The whole programme can be watched here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00p2ll6/Hardtalk_Egemen_Bagis_Turkeys_Chief_EU_Negotiator/



You need a VPN

Ed1957


Joined: 03/09/2011
Posts: 377

Message Posted:
03/03/2012 11:34

Thanks yrys88

Swany



Joined: 01/12/2009
Posts: 255

Message Posted:
03/03/2012 11:35

If you have a UK vpn or are in the UK you can see the whole thing...



http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01cpfr3/HARDtalk_Egemen_Bagis_Turkish_Minister_for_EU_Affairs/

yrys88


Joined: 08/08/2009
Posts: 1140

Message Posted:
03/03/2012 11:37

ooppss http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b01cpfr3/

englishman


Joined: 25/02/2012
Posts: 34

Message Posted:
03/03/2012 13:14

W hy not let turkey in?thay would bring so much more to the eu than a lot of the micky mouse countrys and the pigs!!!!

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
03/03/2012 13:25

Stephen Sackur left this Turkish Minister for EU affairs 'with egg on his face'!



Why?



Because all the euphemisms in the world uttered by the honourable minister cannot obscure the fact that Turkey has not met her stated obligation to implement the 'chapters' insisted by Bruxelles, therefore Turkey cannot claim to be a democracy by UN and Western standards.



Add to this the apalling travesty of human rights perpetrated by Turkey in rounding up any dissident journalists and leaaving them to rot in gaol and is it any wonder that France and Germany are so opposed to Turkey's inclusion in their 'hallowed club'.