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Turkey - cushioning the EU against Syria, Iran and Iraq (Photo: European Commission)

Bolkestein says Turkey should stay outside EU

As Turkey waits to be told in December that it can start EU membership talks, Dutch Commissioner Frits Bolkestein said the country should stay outside, the Financial Times reports.

The Internal Market Commissioner also holds the view that "Ukraine is more European than Turkey".

In his new book ‘The Limits of Europe’, Mr Bolkestein says that Turkey should act as a "buffer" protecting Europe from Syria, Iran and Iraq.\n \nA similar cushion between the EU and Russia could be formed b...

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Turkey - cushioning the EU against Syria, Iran and Iraq (Photo: European Commission)

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