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Some suggest that the SNP’s accession to power in Scotland does herald the rebirth of a nation, many others regard that claim as rhetoric which ignores the tremendous advances made in the quality of life, opportunity and living standards.
Turkey’s Transatlantic ValueWASHINGTON, DC – The Turkey that German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits this week is a very different place from the Turkey that began European Union accession talks five years ago.
Moreover, the benefits of Turkey’s influence in its immediate neighborhood can be realized only if the EU proceeds in a more honest and robust way with the accession process, and if the US begins to treat Turkey as an indispensable partner in the region.
A survey in July 2009 found that 64% of respondents in seven Arab countries believe that Turkey’s EU membership prospects makes Turkey an attractive partner for reform in the Arab world, underscoring the direct link between Turkey’s foreign-policy potential and its EU accession course.
Having engaged Turkey in the accession process, the EU appears to have abandoned Turkey, failing to live up to its decades-old commitment – made by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer – to negotiate Turkish membership in the Union in good faith.
If the accession process resumes and its credibility is restored this would allow Turkey to continue acting as an economic, cultural, political, and social hub in its neighborhood, benefiting the EU, the neighborhood, and itself.
Of course, the process of accession depends on the readiness of the adhering countries, but it should not be halted or slowed down.
This race to restrict pervaded decision-making on transitional arrangements following accession of 10 new members – eight of them postcommunist countries – to the EU last May.
China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) may help some more, but it will not solve the problem overnight.
Those were the principles at work when the Chilean Congress, as part of Chile’s accession to the OECD, voted in 2009 to revamp the corporate governance of copper giant CODELCO.
Any future Palestinian state would have to assume a similar position, as Israel would never accept its accession to some hostile military alliance.
The US opened the door to China’s accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001 – a milestone in China’s ascendancy as the Ultimate Producer.
For the last 43 years, this perspective has been largely defined by Turkey’s interest in joining the European Union and by the EU’s promise of accession.
This autumn, the European Commission is scheduled to issue a progress report on accession negotiations with Turkey.
Turkey has refused to open its ports, airports, and roads to the Republic of Cyprus, as it is obligated to do by the Ankara Protocol, which set the terms of Turkey’s accession negotiations.
Of course, there is vast domestic resistance to Turkey’s accession to the EU.
The final result of the accession process is therefore an open question for both sides.
Serbia’s application for accession is precisely such an opportunity.
Nevertheless, the great importance of Serbia’s application for EU accession is that it could bring about successful and permanent reorganization of the Balkans.
To be sure, sure, the path to accession will be tiresome and long, but if both sides set out on this path decisively and sincerely, the whole region will be changed for the better.
Europe stands only to gain from continued accession negotiations over Serbia.
Serbia’s application for EU accession provides a historic opportunity to achieve just that.
Entry into the euro as soon as possible is the best strategy for the accession countries, because it will mobilize them to complete structural reforms in order to meet the Maastricht criteria for inflation, interest rates, fiscal deficits, and public debt.
The accession countries are already highly integrated with the EU economy, with pronounced cyclical convergence between the accession countries and the EMU countries.
Moreover, capital inflows to the EU candidates are likely to accelerate as accession draws near, adding to inflationary pressures.
Peace in Cyprus would be a strategic game changer for Europe, opening the possibility for the rapid revival of Turkey’s accession process, which has been largely stalled as a result of objections by the Republic of Cyprus.
Even with this year’s marked contraction of some central and eastern European countries’ economies, their accession to the EU boosted its overall economic growth, with the European Commission estimating that GDP in the new member states increased by extra 1.75 percentage points in the period 2004-2009.
China’s WTO accession agreement, signed in December 2001, permitted the country’s trade partners to deal with China as a “non-market economy” (NME) for a period of up to 15 years.
They wanted the West, and their accession to NATO and the European Union was logical.
In Spain and Ireland, though, the gap reflected a construction boom; euro accession suddenly gave people access to much cheaper mortgages.
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