EU Enlargement - Analysis about magazine and newspaper articles [5A]
Giacomo Guzzon - from The Economist - Special Report: Turkey and the EU - Article1: "Why Europe must say yes to Turkey"
    TITLE:Why Europe must say yes to Turkey.
    SOURCE:The Economist ( a British weekly magazine whch reports business news and has article about the ecoomic situation in the world),September 18th 2004.
    TOPIC:The article is about Turkey‘s possible entry in the EU.
    CONTENT:The article is made up of three parts ,with different subheadings.The first one is:THE EU FACES A MOMENTOUS DECISION. In the first part the journalist describes the most relevant aspects of Turkey(poverty,wideness,geographical location and Muslim religion). In the second one(RISK AND REWARD) the writer analyses the matter of the first part in depth,but he also considers its possible negative consequences forthe EU. In the third part called ISLAMOPHOBIA he analyses the problem of Islam. The writer describes the consequences both if Turkey does not become part of the European club and vice versa what happens if Turkey becomes part of the EU, it would become a model of democracy for other Muslim countries.
    PROBLEM RAISED:I think that the problems raised are:
  • 1)Turkey’s size(it has 71m people. If Turkey joins the EU,it will become the biggest member, with the heaviest voting weight.
  • 2)Turkey’s poverty,that might cause migrations to the west part of Europe.
  • 3)The question of whether Turkey is even in Europe.
  • 4)Turkey’s Islamic roots.
    PERSONAL COMMENT:I think that the journalist who wrote the article is in favor of Turkey’s entry,because the heading sounds:Europe must say yes to Turkey. In my opinion an other point that shows the journalist's point of view is when he affirms that Turkey’s geographic position is not a problem because in 1963 it was considered “sufficiently European to be a candidate one day”.