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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Weekend Edition Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America EU lacks vision on Turkey membership: Gul AFP - 2 hours 50 minutes ago Send IM Story Print EU lacks vision on Turkey membership: Gul BERLIN (AFP) - – Turkish President Abdullah Gul accused European politicians and intellectuals of lacking vision about Turkey joining the European Union, in an interview published Saturday in the Suedeutsche Zeitung. Gul's comments followed those on Tuesday by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, who blamed Turkey's lagging accession negotiations with the European Union on its failure to undertake needed reforms, saying: "...the ball is in your court". Gul acknowledged in the interview with the German newspaper that Turkey had its work to do, but said Europe was at fault for the slow speed of the talks. "But the main reason behind the slowing of the talks is a lack of vision and strategic thinking by European politicians and intellectuals," said the Turkish president. Turkey began accession negotiations with the EU in 2005, but the process has stalled amid opposition from some member states -- France and Germany in particular -- lack of reform in Turkey and a trade row over the divided island of Cyprus. Gul said Turkey's membership would reinforce the EU's security, including in the energy sector, as well as many other areas. "They should think in the perspective of 25, 50 or 100 years," said Gul. "But if one only thinks about today, the process is blocked." France and Germany have been vocal opponents of Turkey's ambition to join the 27-nation bloc and argue that the mainly Muslim country of about 73 million people should settle for a "privileged partnership" rather than full membership. Eight of 35 negotiation chapters remain completely frozen due to Turkey's refusal to open its ports to Cyprus, an EU member which Ankara does not recognise owing to the island's 36-year division between its Greek and Turkish communities. Gul also encouraged the 2.5-million-strong Turkish community living in Germany to better integrate into German society. "When one doesn't speak the language of the country in which one lives that doesn't serve anyone, neither the person concerned, the country, nor the society," said the Turkish president. "That is why I tell them at every opportunity that they should learn German, and speak it fluently and without an accent. That should start at nurseries." Gul said that if German footballer of Turkish descent Mesut Ozil "had asked me which side to play for, I would have encouraged him to play for Germany." The Turkish president said Ozul, who scored one of the German goals in their October 8 defeat of Turkey 3-0 in a Euro-2012 group A qualifying match in Berlin, is "an example of very successful integration". Recommend Send IM Story Print Related Articles German police evict protestors in station siege AFP - 17 minutes ago German bid at multi-cultural society has failed: Merkel AFP - 20 minutes ago UK-World Summary Reuters - 40 minutes ago French protesters rally over pension reform Reuters - 40 minutes ago Chavez pledges oil supplies to Belarus 'for next 200 years' AFP - 46 minutes ago News Search Top Stories German police evict protestors in station siege Iranian chocolate thief 'to have hand chopped off' French workers pour onto the streets World's longest cable car line opens to Armenia England coach Capello to retire after Euro 2012 More Top Stories » ADVERTISEMENT Most Popular Most Viewed Most Recommended NESV seal acrimonious Liverpool takeover Time, like all good things, may come to an end: study Paris airports pipeline cut amid protests: company World's longest tunnel breaks down Swiss Alpine barrier US deficit shrinks but still tops one trillion More Most Viewed » Too much TV psychologically harms kids: study Workers swarm Europe's streets in anti-cuts protests British lottery winner gets record 129 mln euros 'A billion people' go hungry in 2010: report Global marine life census charts vast world beneath the seas More Most Recommended » Elsewhere on Yahoo! Financial news on Yahoo! Finance Stars and latest movies Best travel destinations More on Yahoo! News Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Weekend Edition Subscribe to our news feeds Top StoriesMy Yahoo!RSS » More news feeds | What are news feeds? Also on Yahoo! Answers Groups Mail Messenger Mobile Travel Finance Movies Sports Games » All Yahoo! Services Site Highlights Singapore Full Coverage Most Popular Entertainment Photos Yahoo! News Network Copyright © 2010 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Community - Intellectual Property Rights Policy - Help

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