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You know, the most likely impact of Turkey joining the EU would be, just like in Spain and Portugal in the late 80s, a return of many Turks currently in Western Europe to their own country to take advantage of the skills they have acquired in a fast-growing and familiar country.

We already have a free trade agreement with Turkey, so most of their goods come in without limitation today.

I'll post a longer item on Turkey one of these days.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Tue Jul 5th, 2005 at 03:50:18 AM EST
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Totally ridiculous, do you have any report about that ?

because at this moment, report show ;

1/ Turks will stay (of course)
2/ 40% of young turks want to emigrate in Europe

by fredouil (fredouil@gmailgmailgmail.com) on Tue Jul 5th, 2005 at 07:17:14 PM EST
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Totally ridiculous, do you have any link on that?

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Wed Jul 6th, 2005 at 05:51:11 AM EST
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Funny how this "we will be swamped by immigrants" meme arises every time poorer countries join the EU, despite the unbroken record of such waves of emigration not realising.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Wed Jul 6th, 2005 at 05:52:21 AM EST
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