Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin claimed Armenia could face a crisis similar to Ukraine due to its European integration aims, whilst threatening to flatten any country attacking Kaliningrad.
Maybe rule of law and democracy has something to do with it? Erdogan just jailed another opposition leader, what about Turkey do something about it before complaining why they can’t join EU? What about stop occupying Cyprus?
I agree that current day Turkey is flawed and that Erdogan is leading Turkey down a bad path. But Turkey officially registered as a full EU candidate 15 years prior to his presidency.
They’re still a candidate as far as I remember, but talks are frozen because Turkey didn’t went through reforms it needed to become a member, that applies to many countries mostly balkans are stuck in negotiations for decades because they just don’t want to reform. They’d like all benefits of EU without actually fulfilling any commitments, that’s not what EU is about
Maybe rule of law and democracy has something to do with it? Erdogan just jailed another opposition leader, what about Turkey do something about it before complaining why they can’t join EU? What about stop occupying Cyprus?
I agree that current day Turkey is flawed and that Erdogan is leading Turkey down a bad path. But Turkey officially registered as a full EU candidate 15 years prior to his presidency.
They’re still a candidate as far as I remember, but talks are frozen because Turkey didn’t went through reforms it needed to become a member, that applies to many countries mostly balkans are stuck in negotiations for decades because they just don’t want to reform. They’d like all benefits of EU without actually fulfilling any commitments, that’s not what EU is about