One day Turkey will run the EU

Turkey isn’t even a member yet, but deputy prime minister Ali Babacan is already demanding a leading role in Europe for his country. All you have to do is look at Turkey's economic and demographic growth to see it's likely to get what it wants, says Die Presse.

• Primary Source

EUObserver, 1.10.10: Economic realism will ease anti-Turkish feeling, Joschka Fischer says http://euobserver.com/9/30932

ESO: Background information: EU must embrace up-and-coming Turkey, German FM says http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-must-embrace-up-and-coming-turkey-german-fm-says/

ESO: Background information: Turkey can be a boon in Brussels http://www.europeansources.info/record/turkey%e2%80%89can-be-a-boon-in-brussels/

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