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Turkey launches nationwide campaign for new currency
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On 24 Sep 2004 07:11:48 -0700, John Stone wrote:
http://servihoo.com/channels/kinews/...&CategoryID=47 What's the current prognosis for Turkey joining the EU economic union and adopting the Euro? |
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"Jorg Lueke" wrote in message news On 24 Sep 2004 07:11:48 -0700, John Stone wrote: http://servihoo.com/channels/kinews/...&CategoryID=47 What's the current prognosis for Turkey joining the EU economic union and adopting the Euro? From today's news, I gather that if Turkey is to be invited for discussions this year end, joining will be around 2015. There are many hurdles that must be met. Tony |
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Jorg Lueke wrote:
What's the current prognosis for Turkey joining the EU economic union and adopting the Euro? Ask again in 15 to 20 years g. First, a country cannot join the economic part of the European Union only. Which is why, in the case of Turkey, there have not been any membership negotiations so far ... That may change fairly soon, though. Next month the European Commission will "recommend" whether official negotiations with Turkey should start or not. For some recent info on that issue see http://www.euobserver.com/?sid=9&aid=17360 But even if Turkey becomes an EU member in a couple of years, that does not mean it can "automatically" adopt the euro. Keep in mind that the ten countries which joined the EU this year have very different schedules concerning the currency union ... Christian |
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In article Scot Kamins writes:
.... From the link: "Mr Verheugen also announced that a Commission group investigating torture in the country found that there are no grounds for accusing the Turkish authorities of systematic abuses." Amnesty International may have a different opinion on this issue. Indeed. But I think that you will find approximately the same for Slovakia. But quite a bit in the Turkish policy has been changed already, like the possibility to use Kurdish. There is much more desired, but whether the torture is still systematic is another question. -- dik t. winter, cwi, kruislaan 413, 1098 sj amsterdam, nederland, +31205924131 home: bovenover 215, 1025 jn amsterdam, nederland; http://www.cwi.nl/~dik/ |
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.... But even if Turkey becomes an EU member in a couple of years, that does not mean it can "automatically" adopt the euro. Keep in mind that the ten countries which joined the EU this year have very different schedules concerning the currency union ... The current policy is that the euro will be adopted (so, no new Danmark, Sweden or UK), but a time-frame is lacking. The only new country for which I read about a definite year was Malta, where the intended year of 2005 was changed to 2006. -- dik t. winter, cwi, kruislaan 413, 1098 sj amsterdam, nederland, +31205924131 home: bovenover 215, 1025 jn amsterdam, nederland; http://www.cwi.nl/~dik/ |
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Dik T. Winter wrote:
The current policy is that the euro will be adopted (so, no new Danmark, Sweden or UK), but a time-frame is lacking. Basically right, except that Sweden legally did not have the option to stay but simply chose to not meet the conditions ;-) Theoretically that may happen in the case of some of the new member states as well, but it is less likely. The only new country for which I read about a definite year was Malta, where the intended year of 2005 was changed to 2006. Well, the time frame largely depends on the economic development in those countries. But the currencies of Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania and Slovenia are members of the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM-2) along with the euro, with the Danish krone being more closely tied to the euro (2.25 percent fluctuation band, I think) than the kroon, the litas and the tolar (15 percent) ... Christian |
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In article Jorg Lueke writes:
On 24 Sep 2004 07:11:48 -0700, John Stone wrote: http://servihoo.com/channels/kinews/...&CategoryID=47 What's the current prognosis for Turkey joining the EU economic union and adopting the Euro? The first has gone a step forward I think, but it will still take quite some years. The latter is still doubtful, and will be later. Although the current policy appears to be that new EU members will adopt the euro within some reasonable time after entering the EU, but I do not know whether there is a real time-frame involved. -- dik t. winter, cwi, kruislaan 413, 1098 sj amsterdam, nederland, +31205924131 home: bovenover 215, 1025 jn amsterdam, nederland; http://www.cwi.nl/~dik/ |
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? "Jorg Lueke" ?????? ??? ??????
news On 24 Sep 2004 07:11:48 -0700, John Stone wrote: http://servihoo.com/channels/kinews/...&CategoryID=47 What's the current prognosis for Turkey joining the EU economic union Not so brilliant. Although USofA is trying hardly to make it happen ;-) Please have a look: -------------- PARIS, France (Reuters) -- Turkey will not join the European Union for at least 15 years and could only do so once France had held a referendum on the issue, French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said on Sunday. "The membership of Turkey, in the best of cases, will not happen for 15 years," he told LCI television. "A decision as important as the membership of Turkey in Europe could only be taken after there had been a referendum in France." Sarkozy, who plans to quit the Finance Ministry in November to lead France's ruling conservative party, said he had reservations about Turkey joining the 25-member bloc. He was sceptical about the idea "not because it is a Muslim country but because Turkey alone represents the membership of the 10 countries (mainly) from eastern Europe," he said, referring to the countries that joined the bloc this year. Sarkozy made his comments after French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin voiced misgivings on Thursday about Turkey joining the bloc, asking if Europe really wanted "the river of Islam to enter the riverbed of secularism." Raffarin said Turkey had made progress in adjusting its laws and institutions to EU standards under Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, but queried the overwhelmingly Muslim but secular state's ability to stay the course. Turkey cleared a hurdle on its path towards EU membership on Sunday when its parliament approved a new penal code which will boost women's rights and punish police more severely for torture. The European Commission is due to present an assessment on Oct. 6 of whether Turkey has met the political and economic criteria which would enable it to start negotiations. ------------------- and adopting the Euro? (EMU). Impossible for the next 25 years or even more! -- http://gogu.enosi.org/index.html http://www.romclub.4t.com/rabin.html E' mai possibile, oh porco di un cane, che le avventure in codesto reame debban risolversi tutte con grandi puttane! F.d.A |
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