Sim-Sala-Bim wrote on Jun 12
th, 2015 at 6:26pm:
Well. It is not for you or me to decide.
Good luck if you can find any European institution they have not been part of (except EU). Or not. Ignorance is bliss.
It's not JUST to me to decide... and right now me, and the rest of the Eyropeans DO NOT WANT Turkey in Europe.
as for Institutions ? which ones ? They were never part in the CECA, the EEC or any real European Institution...
if you concider the corrupt UEFA, the ( somewhat less corrupt ) Eurovision and other non European but totally money oriented things you are mixing things...
As an example : Israel ( in both of the above ) is also NOT in Europe... ( note : that they are also not knocking at the EU door either,
while Turkey is doing it, because they know they probably would be rejected... and anyway they have more clue )
[ Geographically they are in Middle East, Geologically they are in Africa [ west of Levant Fault [ Jourdain River ] ] or Arabia [ east of Levant Fault ] ]
NATO is NOT an European Institution, it's an American one.
Custom Agreements are nothing....
The EU has some too with Iceland, Norway, Switzerland too ( they are not part of the EU, though we can travel there as if we stayed in the EU )...
we even have some with the US ( so that Frogs can send Wine, Smelly cheese and Foie Gras and Krauts can send Luxury Cars, while making sure no Hormone Enhanced American beef comes in the Union )
Oh, I have that nice paper that says : Ottoman Empire Debt.... When will I see my money back ?
( well my great-grandfather one actually... Don't worry there's also has some Serbian Red Cross debt too and some Corocoro Mining Company shares )