The political reverberations of Valery Giscard d’Estaing’s openly negative stance towards Turkey’s future membership of the European Union are making themselves felt throughout Europe.
The surprise comments from the Convention chairman on the future of Europe that Turkey "is not a European country" have sparked an angry reaction in the Turkish Parliament, reports Le Monde.
Mr Giscard d’Estaing is "the equivalent of a Muslim integrationist", said Ali Tekin, an MP from the ANAP ( t...
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