Istanbul – ESI at the 3rd Istanbul Forum: Europe as an Idea: Is Turkey part of it?
9 October 2012
ESI's Gerald Knaus was invitited to speak at the 3rd istanbul Forum at a session on "Europe as an Idea: Is Turkey part of it?". He addressed three issues:
- What does Europe as an idea constitute? What are the contours of such a Europe? Do you see Turkey part of this Europe or are we at the beginning of a structural drifting away?
- If Turkey is not part of such a Europe what does that mean for the Balkans and the common neighborhoods such as the Mediterranean?
- What needs to be done to have a common future? What can be said beyond the formal and stalled accession negotiations?