THE GERMAN TURKEY DEBATE UNDER THE GRAND COALITION. State of the Debate – October 2006
THE GERMAN TURKEY DEBATE UNDER THE GRAND COALITION. State of the Debate – October 2006
Author(s): Author Not Specified
Subject(s): Migration Studies, Inter-Ethnic Relations, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: ESI – European Stability Initiative
Keywords: priviledged partnership; EU-accession of Turkey;
Summary/Abstract: Before 1998, the coalition of CDU/CSU and FDP under Chancellor Helmut Kohl had opposed Turkey’s EU aspirations. In 2004 Angela Merkel, still lobbied for her party’s preference of a privileged partnership for Turkey. Since autumn 2005 Germany has been governed by a Grand Coalition of Christian Democratic Union (CDU/CSU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel. There were some expectations that the departure of the SPD/Green coalition under Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer would yet again change German policy on Turkey. So far, however, this has not happened.
Series: ESI Discussion Papers
- Page Count: 5
- Publication Year: 2006
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
