Insight Turkey
Insight Turkey
Challenging ideas
On Turkish politics and International affairs

Author

David Phinnemore

Queen’s University Belfast, Visiting Professor at the College of Europe
David Phinnemore
Turkey and the EU: Looking Beyond the Pessimisms
July 1, 2014
This paper analyses the reasons for frustration and pessimism about Turkey-EU relations. It focuses on the impact of the crisis in Europe, the 2014 EP elections and selection of Jean-Claude Juncker for the Commission President post on Turkey’s EU accession process. Finally, the paper tries to answer how the current pessimism over Turkey-EU relations can be overcome.

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