International conference

Turkey in the European Union: What Does Latvia Have to Say

28 April 2006

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The year 2005 has brought a major development in the history of the European Union: after more than forty years of hesitant rapprochement between the EU and Turkey, a full Turkish membership in the Union has finally become a matter for accession negotiations.

Both eventual Turkish EU membership and the inevitably difficult path to it, raises a lot of discussions in Europe. This makes it even more important to explain the endeavour to the EU citizens, including Latvians, and to address the numerous concerns voiced over the recent years: can Turkey be expected to adapt to the set of political and social values the Union claims to stand for? How will a possible immigration from Turkey influence the already challenged multicultural balances in the European nations? Is the process of internal reforms, meant to bring Turkey closer to the EU, evolving successfully enough?

In order to start a public discussion on the matter in Latvia, The Baltic Forum together with the Representation of the European Commission and Representation of the European Parliament in Latvia organized the seminar Turkey in the EU: What Does Latvia Have to Say?

 

  

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