82% of French people against Turkey accession to EU

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[FONT=Arial]This article from Public Radio Armenia, drawing on a Le Figaro article published 8/4/09.

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In a poll published Wednesday by Le Figaro newspaper, two days after the declaration of President Barack Obama, according to which he wishes to see Turkey integrated into the European Union, 82 percent of French people said they did not want to see Turkey in the EU. The poll was carried out on a sample bringing together 24 639 people.

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[FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=Black] According to the results of the Louis Harris poll of October 8, 2005, 75.3 percent of French people had opposed Turkey’s accession to the European Union, independent correspondent Jean Eckian reported from Paris.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

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[Watcher1]

I'd say most EU members are against Turkeys membership.

[ibis]

I'd say most EU members are against Turkeys membership.

There's a reason why Turkish accession seems as distant now as ever. I sometimes wonder if it's only a pretence to keep the US happy.

[FutureTaoiseach]

Fair play to President Sarkozy for slapping down Obama's support for Turkish EU membership. Will be interesting to see if he maintains that stance given disturbing moves in recent years towards ending the requirement for a referendum on the issue, and his appointment of a pro-membership figure as his chief advisor on relations with Turkey. Hopefully elections later this year will leave the anti-membership CDU in charge in Germany. The peoples of Europe do not want Turkey in the EU under any circumstances full stop. That includes in Ireland and our political-class would do well to heed those concerns, even if the Lisbon-experience suggests they are somewhat hard of hearing.

[Gadjodilo]

The peoples of Europe do not want Turkey in the EU under any circumstances full stop. That includes in Ireland and our political-class would do well to heed those concerns, even if the Lisbon-experience suggests they are somewhat hard of hearing.

Vraiment, Monsieur FT?

"When asked about specific countries seeking to join, 34 per cent [of Irish people] said they would oppose the membership of Turkey. One-third said that they would support Turkey joining the EU, and 29 per cent had no opinion."

Taken from:
One in three Irish against Turkey joining the EU

[Defeated Romanticist]

Turkey's coming in. End of.

[dsmythy]

"A total of 37 per cent were in favour of the constitution, while 13 per cent were against."

That's from the same report Gadjodilo. This was before the constitution was renamed the Lisbon Treaty too. Opinion changes fast. I'd be interested how the polling on Turkey would go if it were repeated today.

[Staropramen]

Turkey's coming in. End of.

If it happens and thats a big if, eastern european immigration to Ireland will seem like a drop in the ocean compared to the enivatable flood of Turkish migrants here.

[Ah Well]

I'd say most EU members are against Turkeys membership.

Wouldn't necessarily say that but the accession of Turkey as a full member (they are already an "associate member" will not happen anytime soon if ever

Turkey's accession talks have been dogged by a number of domestic and external problems. Several European states such as Austria have made their reluctance to allow Turkey into Europe clear. The issue of Cyprus continues to be a major obstacle to negotiations. European officials have commented on the slowdown in Turkish reforms which, combined with the Cyprus problem, has led previously to the EU’s enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn to warn of an impeding ‘train crash’ in negotiations with Turkey. Due to these setbacks, negotiations again came to a halt in December 2006, with the EU freezing talks in 8 of the 35 key areas under negotiation.

The earliest date that Turkey could enter the EU is 2013, the date when the next financial perspectives (the EU's six year budgetary perspectives) will come into force. Ankara is currently aiming to comply with EU law by this date, but Brussels has refused to back 2013 as a deadline. It is believed that the accession process will take at least until 2021 .... and that is IF accession actually does proceed to occur.

In addition to the Austrians, the French are very reluctant for Turkey's entry, evidenced by the OP and even by the remarks of French President Sarkozy in 2007 which were "enlarging Europe with no limit risks destroying European political union, and that I do not accept...I want to say that Europe must give itself borders, that not all countries have a vocation to become members of Europe, beginning with Turkey which has no place inside the European Union."

Forward track in time to Obama and his pro Turkey get into the EU stance

[FutureTaoiseach]

Vraiment, Monsieur FT?

"When asked about specific countries seeking to join, 34 per cent [of Irish people] said they would oppose the membership of Turkey. One-third said that they would support Turkey joining the EU, and 29 per cent had no opinion."

Taken from:
One in three Irish against Turkey joining the EU

Taken in 2005.

More recent polling has shown a hardening of Irish opinion against Turkish membership, with opponents leading supporters.