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Seth Dixon's insight:
With Croatia joining the EU this summer, many are starting to ask, "who's next?" This is the guide of countries that have applied for EU membership and that might be joining in the future. 
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European interior ministers agree to 'radical revision' of Schengen amid fears of a flood of migrants from north Africa...
The Schengen Treaty is one of the most important aspects that facilitates the free flow of People goods and capital in Europe. With increasing cultural anxiety connected to immigration during economic rough times, will this signal a reversal of Europe's trend towards increasing regional integration?
Alyssa Dorr's curator insight,
December 17, 2014 9:32 PM
European nations moved to reverse decades of unfettered travel across the continent when a majority of EU governments agreed the need to reinstate national passport controls amid fears of a flood of immigrants fleeing the upheaval in North Africa. In a serious blow to one of the cornerstones of a united, integrated Europe, EU interior ministers embarked on a radical revision of the passport-free travel regime known as the Schengen system to allow the 26 participating governments to restore border controls. They also agreed to combat immigration by pressing for "readmission accords" with countries in the Middle East and north Africa to send refugees back to where they came from. The policy shift was pushed by France and Italy, who have been feuding and panicking in recent weeks over a small influx of refugees from Tunisia. But 15 of the 22 EU states which had signed up to Schengen supported the move, with only four resisting, according to officials and diplomats present. |
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David Cameron, the British prime minister, pledged full support for Turkish membership to the European Union during a visit to Ankara.
Turkey's application to the European Union challenges the very definition of "Europe" as various constituencies disagree on whether Turkey should be admitted in the E.U. or not.
Elizabeth Allen's comment,
December 6, 2012 11:58 PM
Turkey has made changes that should make her more attractive to the European Union. Turkey has done away with the death penalty and is more generous with women's rights. While it is not geographically in Europe, its location is profitable for commerce etc.
Al Picozzi's curator insight,
October 9, 2013 5:48 PM
Could this be just a matter of what it means to be European and that some Europeans feel that Turkey just doesn't fit?? Turkey has long been an ally of the West since its admission in NATO. It fact along with the US, UK and Greece it sent major forces to Korea during the Korean War. It helped stop the USSR from spreading, during the cold war, when it joined NATO and toady it has the second largest standing army in NATO, behind the US. It has also been a help to the US and Europe in conflicts in Iraq and Afganistan. To be part of the European Union only makes logical sense and economic sense. Access to Asian markets given its geographical location and just the opening of the Turkish domestic markets to free trade. Seems that old prejudices of what it means to be European is rearing its ugly head..last time this prejudice gained momentum of what it means to be something in Europe...Hitler! 
Jacob Crowell's curator insight,
December 8, 2014 11:47 AM
Turkey wanting to join the EU will change political geography drastically. Turkey would provide the EU with a border town with the middle east as well as add power and span of the European Union. With some countries like Greece showing that EU economies are dependent on one another and I'm not sure that makes Turkey an attractive or unattractive prospect. |
It looks like Turkey could be the next country to join the EU in about 10-15 years.