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Europe ends at the Bosphorus, Schauble believes (Photo: European Commission)

Turkey can never be European, German politician says

Turkey should never join the EU because it lies mostly outside Europe geographically and accession talks should not start on 3 October unless Ankara first recognises the sovereignty of Cyprus, according to the vice president of Germany's CDU/CSU party, Wolfgang Schauble.

Mr Schauble made the remarks in the Polish daily, Rzeczpospolita, on Monday (25 July) following Germany's decision last week to push for elections on 18 September, which are widely expected to sweep the centre-right CDU...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Europe ends at the Bosphorus, Schauble believes (Photo: European Commission)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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