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BBC reports - Sweden is in! (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I saw this from today, mentioning paving the way for Turkey to join the EU, as well as the US selling their F-16's to Turkey.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/10/nato-sweden-pm-to-meet-with-turkeys-erdogan-in-last-ditch-bid-to-seal-membership

I think the US congress would veto Biden's approval (or already has), if I'm reading correctly? But I can't find any follow-up as to what actually made the deal go through.

I also wonder if the EU is going to reopen talks about Turkey joining. But seems like Sweden has also done a lot of legwork already to jibe with Turkish security concerns, so maybe that was enough? I'm curious too

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

EU will never seriously want turkey to be member. They will only pretend if necessary.

EU doesnt want another Orban and Polish right wing governments blocking every single decision