Turkey\u2019s entry to Europe \u201cis by no means simple\u201d. It is a \u201cvery long process subject to numerous conditions but, in the longer term, losing Turkey would be a strategic loss for Europe\u201d. Speaking in an interview with RadioUno on 13 June, Deputy Minister Marta Dass\u00f9 reiterated Italy\u2019s favourable view of keeping talks open on Turkey\u2019s accession to the European Union. <\/P>
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EU accession negotiations an opportunity to influence Ankara<\/STRONG><\/P> \u201cThe negotiating process for EU accession is the time when Europe has true influence on candidate countries. So it is in our interest to open those negotiating chapters because they concern the defence of human rights and democratic freedoms\u201d, explained Dass\u00f9. She commented openly on member states\u2019 \u201cendless hesitation\u201d over Ankara\u2019s accession. <\/P> Turkey\u2019s strategic and geopolitical importance<\/STRONG><\/P> Quite apart from its strategic and geopolitical importance, Turkey is, as the Deputy Minister observed, \u201ca highly significant economic partner for Italy: in recent years over 1000 companies have set up business in the Turkish market\u201d. <\/P> Taksim Square: not another Arab Spring but a protest to defend the right to demonstrate<\/STRONG><\/P> Turning to the protests in Taksim Square, Dass\u00f9 reiterated Foreign Minister Emma Bonino\u2019s comments on the difference between events in Istanbul and the Arab Spring movements. \u201cTurkey is a democracy, albeit an immature one,<\/A> where the protest is occurring to defend the right to demonstrate against certain decisions taken by the Erdogan Government\u201d. <\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Turkey\u2019s entry to Europe \u201cis by no means simple\u201d. It is a \u201cvery long process subject to numerous conditions but, in the longer term, losing Turkey would be a strategic loss for Europe\u201d. Speaking in an interview with RadioUno on 13 June, Deputy Minister Marta Dass\u00f9 reiterated Italy\u2019s favourable view of keeping talks open on […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9,42,399],"class_list":["post-16666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-approfondimenti","tag-europa","tag-unione-europea","tag-vice-ministri-e-sottosegretari-precedenti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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