EU backtracking on Turkey 'pure populism,' Verheugen says

Brussels - French and German proposals to offer Turkey something less than full European Union membership are "pure populism" and dangerous for the whole bloc, the EU's former enlargement commissioner, Guenter Verheugen, said Wednesday. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have both stated repeatedly that they do not want Turkey to join the EU, even though it has been involved in accession talks since 2005.

"This attitude is pure populism, and it is dangerous, because just the opposite is demanded of statesmen and -women," Verheugen told the German Press Agency...

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/307283,eubacktracking-on-turkey-pure-populismverheugen-says.html.