FX.co ★ Turkey faces red light

Turkey's entry to the European Union has been postponed sine die. Germany has managed to unilaterally suspend the negotiations and to block the next step of the talks. At the recent meeting, the EU diplomatic corps was planning to unanimously confirm the opening date of negotiations and make a decision on creation of another chapter in discussing the accession conditions. However, Germany’s and Austria's representatives think that Turkey membership of the EU is premature. Although the German officials say they “reject full membership for Turkey because it does not meet the conditions for EU entry”, the actual claims of Berlin are based on the fact that the EU countries may give a new impetus to the dialog amid the violent suppression of protests by Turkey's authorities. Considering that the day of Germany's parliamentary elections is coming soon, the decision on start of negotiations has been called off. Since 2005 Turkey has opened only 13 of 25 chapters of the EU law and closed just one; moreover, the country has not opened any of them for the last three years. Until all the chapters are closed, Ankara will not fulfill the requirements for the European Union accession.