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The French President, who is an outspoken opponent of Turkey's entry to the European Union, did not want to highlight the strong divergence of views on this topic with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, the French newspaper Le Monde reported on 28 May 2009. [203] Sweden favours further EU enlargement, including to Turkey. [203]
Past enlargement since the foundation of the European Union as the European Economic Community by the Inner Six states in 1958 [7] brought total membership of the EU to twenty-eight, although as a result of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom, the current number of EU member states is twenty-seven.
Albeit not officially part of the European Union, Turkey is one of the EU's main partners and both are members of the European Union–Turkey Customs Union. Turkey borders two EU member states: Bulgaria and Greece. Turkey has been an applicant to accede to the EU since 1987, [1] [2] but since 2016 accession negotiations have stalled. [3]
The report, adopted earlier this week, said Turkey's accession process with the 27-member bloc cannot resume under current circumstances and called for the EU to explore "a parallel and realistic ...
EU entry for Turkey, a country of 85 million people, is currently not part of the political debate. It applied for EU membership in April 1987 and become a candidate country in December 1999 ...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that Turkey may part ways with the European Union, implying that the country is thinking about ending its bid to join the 27-nation bloc. “The EU is ...
Turkey is a member of the Council of Europe. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Membership is obligatory for joining the European Union . As of 2023 [update] Turkey has nearly a third of the cases pending at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
The European Commission's annual report on Turkey's long-stalled EU membership bid is "unjust and biased", the Turkish foreign ministry said. The report by the European Union's executive arm on ...