Candidates Quote by Timothy Garton Ash

Turkey has in interest in finding agreement on more permissive visa requirements, it wants to be recognized as a safe country of origin and…

— Martin Schulz

If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.

— Salman Rushdie

If the EU doesn’'t want Turkey, they should say it now and clearly. If we are not wanted, then both sides don’t need to…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Without the Turkey agreement, tens of thousands of refugees would still be stuck in Greece. The Commission presented proposals for securing Europe's external borders…

— Jean-Claude Juncker

There's opposition in Europe to Turkish membership because these are the inevitable fears of energetic, poorer, Muslim outsiders who will come in and work…

— Andrew Mango

The Turks know that if they want to join the EU, then they must respect our rules. We are a union of beliefs, not…

— Jean-Claude Juncker

That is one of the reasons why we advocate for good relations between the two countries. Turkey understands the needs of the region.

— Igor Luksic

If we Europeans are not in a state to be able to solve the refugee crisis ourselves, if we only depend on Plan B…

— Sebastian Kurz

Turkey will "inevitably" join the EU in our lifetime unless we vote to leave.

— Michael Gove

Regardless of our ambitions to become part of the E.U., we have to keep in mind that Turkey is also a very strong voice…

— Igor Luksic

Turkey must feel at ease. It mustn't say, 'For me, it's the European Union at all costs.' That's my view.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

70 percent of Turkey’s citizens favored the EU; today it is only 50 percent. If you ask if they want Turkey to become an…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan