{"id":668,"date":"2016-04-14T12:08:23","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T11:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=668"},"modified":"2016-04-14T12:37:28","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T11:37:28","slug":"labour-and-conservative-led-government-support-for-turkeys-application-to-join-the-european-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2016\/04\/14\/labour-and-conservative-led-government-support-for-turkeys-application-to-join-the-european-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour and Conservative-led government support for Turkey\u2019s application to join the European Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Will Straw from the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign told the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p03qx786\" target=\"_blank\">BBC Today Programme<\/a> on 13<sup>th<\/sup> April that the UK has a veto over Turkish accession to the EU. However, the quotes below detail\u00a0the\u00a0long record of support for Turkish membership of the EU by both Labour and Conservative-led governments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prime Minister Tony Blair<\/strong>, December 2002: \u201cI believe we have an historic opportunity to set a firm date for the opening of accession negotiations for Turkey, and to send the clearest possible signal that the European Union wants Turkey inside the European family as a full partner.\u201d (<em>BBC News<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/uk_politics\/2567451.stm\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prime Minister Tony Blair<\/strong>,\u00a0May 2004: &#8220;Britain wants to see Turkey in the EU. Britain supports Turkey&#8217;s membership of the EU. We have been proud to champion that over the past few years\u2026. On the basis of Turkey&#8217;s compliance, there should be no obstacles to Turkey&#8217;s membership of the EU.&#8221; (<em>Independent<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/blair-pledges-to-champion-turkeys-entry-to-eu-563802.html\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prime Minister Tony Blair<\/strong>, September 2005: &#8220;I sincerely believe that EU membership is Turkey&#8217;s future.\u201d (<em>Guardian<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2005\/sep\/30\/eu.politics\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Foreign Secretary Jack Straw<\/strong>,October 2005: \u201cWe need to see Turkey in the European Union\u2026 We want Turkey to join the EU because it is a European country. It has been promised membership of the European Union for the last 42 years. We&#8217;ve repeated that promise five times in the last ten years.\u201d (BBC News <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/uk\/4302358.stm%20http:\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/uk\/4302358.stm\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague<\/strong>, December 2006: &#8220;Mr Hague&#8230; said the Conservatives had long supported Turkish EU membership.\u201d (BBC News\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/uk_politics\/6191879.stm\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Foreign Secretary David Miliband<\/strong>, September 2007: \u201cWe want the EU to be a shared institution of which Britain and Turkey are full and equal members.\u201d (BBC News <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/world\/europe\/6980019.stm\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prime Minister Gordon Brown\u2019s<\/strong> stance in September 2009: \u201c[Mr Brown is] the only leader of Europe\u2019s \u201cbig three\u201d [the UK, France and Germany] to favour Turkey\u2019s application.\u201d (<em>Telegraph<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/europe\/6223612\/Will-Turkeys-EU-membership-dream-come-true.html.\">article<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prime Minister Gordon Brown<\/strong> said at a joint-press conference with Turkey\u2019s then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in March 2010 that the EU would benefit from \u201cthe cultural, economic and political strength Turkey will bring to Europe\u2019s top table\u201d. (Downing Street news\u00a0release reported in New Zealand <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoop.co.nz\/stories\/WO1003\/S00380.htm\" target=\"_blank\">press<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Foreign Secretary William Hague<\/strong>, September 2010: \u201cOnly by having a seat at the table will Turkey be able to contribute fully to the security and prosperity of the EU\u2019s member states.\u201d (<em>Financial Times<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/0cc72202-bb7f-11df-a136-00144feab49a.html#axzz45mTUqpIA\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a> jointly written with Alexander Stubb)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Foreign Secretary William Hague, 2010-2015:<\/strong> \u201cThis government is also steadfast in its support for Turkey\u2019s EU accession.\u201d (Quoted in the foreword to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=21&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjZ2ry-xI3MAhVDVhoKHadHCNQ4FBAWCBswAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.firstmagazine.com%2FDownloadSpecialReportDetail.1129.ashx&amp;usg=AFQjCNFR73_bAYenH-tlNv17KREvO08YRg&amp;sig2=4Hi-bRaz294yOX621CXUUQ&amp;bvm=bv.119408272,d.d2s\" target=\"_blank\">First<\/a> magazine.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prime Minister David Cameron<\/strong>, July 2010: &#8220;I believe it&#8217;s just wrong to say Turkey can guard the camp but not be allowed to sit inside the tent.&#8221; (<em>Guardian <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2010\/jul\/27\/david-cameron-turkey-double-standards\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee<\/strong> on the implications for justice and home affairs of Turkish accession to the EU, August 2011: \u201cThe UK Government is, like its predecessor, a staunch supporter of Turkish accession.\u201d (See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/business\/committees\/committees-a-z\/commons-select\/home-affairs-committee\/news\/110801-turkey-report-published\/\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prime Minister David Cameron<\/strong>, December 2014: \u201cIn terms of Turkish membership of the EU, I very much support that. That&#8217;s a longstanding position of British foreign policy which I support. We discussed that again in our talks today.\u201d <em>(Telegraph <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/politics\/david-cameron\/11283924\/David-Cameron-I-still-want-Turkey-to-join-EU-despite-migrant-fears.html\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prime Minister David Cameron<\/strong>, October 2015. Kenneth Clarke MP asked in the House of Commons if support for Turkey\u2019s EU accession remained the policy of the British government. Mr Cameron replied: \u201cI can confirm to my right honourable friend that the British government\u2019s policy hasn\u2019t changed.\u201d (<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.publications.parliament.uk\/pa\/cm201516\/cmhansrd\/cm151019\/debtext\/151019-0001.htm#15101913000001\" target=\"_blank\">Hansard<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond<\/strong>, November 2015. Mr Hammond said he would like to see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservativehome.com\/platform\/2015\/11\/philip-hammond-the-chances-of-unifying-cyprus-are-stronger-than-ever.html\">\u2018new momentum\u2019<\/a> given to Turkey\u2019s accession into the EU. (<em>Conservative Home<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservativehome.com\/platform\/2015\/11\/philip-hammond-the-chances-of-unifying-cyprus-are-stronger-than-ever.html\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Straw from the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign told the BBC Today Programme on 13th April that the UK has a veto over Turkish accession to the EU. However, the quotes below detail\u00a0the\u00a0long record of support for Turkish membership of the EU by both Labour and Conservative-led governments. 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