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Re:Behind Pfizer's vaccine, an understated husband-and-wife ... by arethuza on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @06:30AM (#25044785)
Fear of Turkey joining the EU was a significant factor in the Brexit campaign:

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/dominic-cummings-how-the...

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Re:Behind Pfizer's vaccine, an understated husband-and-wife ... by agustif on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @07:13AM (#25045091)
And now with Turkey vs France thingy, it seems pretty unreasonable to think that turkey would really join right?

Don't member states have veto powers?

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Re:Behind Pfizer's vaccine, an understated husband-and-wife ... by arethuza on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @07:19AM (#25045140)
"Turkey has been moving further away from the European Union. Turkey’s accession negotiations have therefore effectively come to a standstill and no further chapters can be considered for opening or closing and no further work towards the modernisation of the EU-Turkey Customs Union is foreseen."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accession_of_Turkey_to_the_Eur...

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