Original Presentation
Turkeys Trade with EU: (2005)
-Exports to the EU: 52.4%
-Imports from the EU: 42.2%
Why Turkey Wishes to Join EU?
Political:
-More stability in the democracy
-Freedom of movement,
-“Role model” for the Middle-East and more influence
-More defence and safety power
-Improve international policy efficiency
Economic :
-Improve efficiency and make Turkish firms more competitive
-More attractive for FDI, agricultural sector reforms
-Adhere to EU quality of consumer goods
Social:
-Possibility to improve the Turkish social model
-Improve living standards and education
-Reducing the regional differences and the “Gini factor”
The Advantages for the EU
Political:
-Influence growth in the Turkish neighbor countries
-Strategically good location (ex. Aegean See)
-Turkey got important energy resources (hydrocarbon)
-Turkey is the only state which can gain the trust of Israel and Palestine
-Islamic state
Economical:
-Biggest population growth rate, dynamical growth market
-FDI, new infrastructure, growth economical power for EU
-65 million new customers more competition
-Important location for energy and transport networks with the east
Social:
-New big market new employment
-The young Turkish population changes the demographic structure
-Only if Turkey fulfills the standards in social and ecological politics
RISKS:
-Biggest population => most important role in Council of ministers and in the Parliament
-Economical deployment and agreement process goes slower
-Turkey will need every year €27 billion; no backflow because already in the Customs Union
-Turkey is culturally different, it is impossible to implement the European value system
-Danger for migration waves
-Surrounded by crisis regions
RESUME
-Different cultures and history
-Would become very influential in the EU.
-Strategically and economically important
-Access to the Islamic world
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