Tag: Turky: EU Membership

NOVANEWS Adelina Marini EU Has Lost Its Transformative Power. Enlargement Hits a Dead End In Its Current State Turkey Cannot Become EU Member Turkey's EU Path Entering a Dead-end Street The EU has finally officially recognised the obvious, namely that Turkey no longer fulfils the criteria to be a candidate for EU membership. The Union, however, is divided on what to do next - whether to formally end the negotiations with the oldest candidate for membership or just to announce them frozen, as they practically are at the moment. The reason for the latest EU dilemma is the referendum, which took place on April 16th, which gives the president new, sweeping powers. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), an institution that measures the democratic evolution of its mem...