To start the process of EU membership, Turkey should be invited to enter the European Economic Area.
“The natural effect of trade is to bring about peace.”Montesquieu (1758)
With its 75 million inhabitants, Turkey has Europe’s third largest population after Russia and Germany.
Nevertheless, accession is essential to defuse the “powder keg” left over from the former Ottoman Empire.
We propose that Turkey should be invited to enter the European Economic Area (EEA) as a way station to future EU membership.
The EEA was in part intended as a training centre and waiting room for nations that needed time to decide whether they wanted to become full members of the EU and to prepare for it.
An invitation to Turkey to enter the EEA would foster closer ties between Turkey and the rest of Europe, ties that would further promote peace and stability in Southeast Europe, since that region and Turkey share a common history and geography. Closer ties could also empower Turkish reforms, accelerating Turkey’s economic and social modernisation.
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