50 Reasons to Love the EU

[MrBubbles]

SamuelRSmith said:

highwaystar101 said:

SamuelRSmith said:

highwaystar101 said:
26 Prospect of EU membership has forced modernisation on Turkey

Agree with the whole list but this one in particular. Turkey was so far behind the rest of europe in both an ethical and technological sense. Really pulled them into the 21st century.

Not to mention forcing thm to clean up the poor humanitarian policies Turkey had.

 

 Are Turkey actually part of the EU, yet? I heard they're having trouble getting in because member states are worried about an Islamic nation holding too much power (Turkey's population = 120 million. Seats in the European Parliament are handed out depending on the size of your population).

Nah, but the EU are making them jump through hoops to get in lol. I don't see how Islam enters into it, governing systems should not include religion as a factor.

 

Well, that's just what my history teacher told me about. He probably dummed it down though, as he was supposed to be talking about the Weimar Republic and got side tracked. As all good and interesting teachers do.

i had a science teacher that used to get off topic like that...he usually ended up ranting about the US and how the war in afghanistan was all about oil.