Die lange Reise bis zur Reisefreiheit: Eine Analyse der Verhandlungen zwischen der EU und der Türkei über die Abschaffung der Visapflicht für Türken
The Long Road to the Freedom to Travel: The EU-Turkish Negotiations on the Abolition of the Visa Requirement for Turkish Citizens

Summary/Abstract: Abstract. In June 2012 the European Commission received the backing of the member states to launch a visa liberalisation process with Turkey in exchange for a readmission agreement that obliges Ankara to take back illegal immigrants who passed through Turkey as a transit country . This is remarkable in view of the rejection by several member states of the perspective of a visa free travel for Turks . My process tracing analysis suggests that the key to explain- ing this development is the argumentative strength of the European Commission, stemming from the necessity to cooperate with Turkey on migration and the norms of procedures, set in previous readmission negotiations, as well as the coalition between the Commission and the Danish Council Presidency . The article further explores which conditions Turkey now needs to fulfil for the visa waiver of its citizens .

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