Dear Friends,
With the start of accession negotiations between the European Union and Turkey on 3 October 2005, EU-Turkey relations have entered a new phase. The Center for European Integration Studies continuously accompanies the process of negotiations with the publication of the ZEI EU-Turkey-Monitor. The Monitor, prepared in close collaboration with Turkish colleagues, appears three times per year and addresses practitioners and academics as well as the interested public. The ZEI EU-Turkey-Monitor understands itself as a medium to strengthen the dialogue between Turkey and Europe and intends to enhance mutual knowledge.
The European Union’s ”absorption capacity“ has been widely discussed over the past months. Since the concept is highly disputed the new issue of the ZEI EU-Turkey-Monitor has assembled different views on the topic, inter alia from MEPs Elmar Brok and Vural Öger.
http://www.zei.de/zei_english/publikation/publ_turkey_monitor.htm
Contact:
Volkan ALTINTAS, Junior Fellow,
Rheinische Friedrich- Wilhelms- Universität Bonn,
Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI) - C
Walter-Flex-Str. 3
53113 Bonn, Germany
www.zei.de
www.volkanaltintas.com
Tel: +49 (0) 178 4393542
