An
uncertain path
Faltering
membership talks are reducing the European Union’s influence
Oct 15th
2011 | ISTANBUL
| from the print edition
The
Economist
WITH Turkey
vaunting itself as a model for the Arab world, the tendency is to see its
50-year-old goal of joining the European Union as dead. When you have a booming
economy, secular democracy and new regional clout, goes a common refrain, “who
needs Europe ?”