The decision by the European Council last December not to include Turkey among the candidates to EU membership marked a new turning point in a conflictive relationship. To understand that relationship is first necessary to identify their mutual interest, which are addressed in this article by the Turkish president. The country's transformed geopolitical position after the Cold and Gulf Wars does not seem to have modified Brussels's behaviour towards Ankara.
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