EU Enlargement - Analysis about magazine and newspaper articles [5A]
Giacomo G. Guzzon - from The Economist - Special Report: Turkey and the EU - Article 2: "Why Europe must say yes to Turke
TITLE:The Impossibility of saying no
SOURCE:The Economist(a British weekly magazine which reports business news and has articles about the economic situation in the world),September 18th 2004.
TOPIC DISCUSSED: Turkey’s entry in the EU and the opening of membership talks with Turkey.
CONTENT:The article is made up of four parts. In the first part the writer describes the problems of Turkey’s entry in the EU. He continues telling about the unfavorable position of the European commissioners and the criteria that Turkey had to meet to join the EU(called Copenhagen criteria.
In the second part(GOOD MARKS AND BAD)the journalist speaks about the economic,political and judicial reforms adopted by Turkey. In the third one (UNWRITTEN CRITERIA) he explains the Unwritten criteria that is Turkey’s negative factors: its size,religion,poverty and location. Finally in the last part of the article(The naysayers)the writer speaks about the states who are against Turkey’s entry in the EU and he explains their positions.
PROBLEMS RAISED:I think that the most important problem in Turkey is the coexistence of two different realities :Turkey is a developed country, but on the other hand it is also a country in which there are still economical and social problems.
PERSONAL COMMENT:I think that the article was written by the same journalist who wrote the first one, because they are very similar. I think that this article is an expansion of the first one because they deal with the same topic. Howeverin my opinion it is very difficult to make a choice,because Turkey has really a lot of problems and I think that it needs a little more time to become a country like Italy,France or Germany.
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