Dimitris Kourkoulas writes about Erdoğan’s request that Turkey be granted EU membership in exchange for lifting its veto on Sweden’s membership of NATO, and explains both why the EU will not be blackmailed and why the conditions for membership have become tighter over the decades.

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Publication: 12/07/2023 Τα Νέα
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Europe’s gatekeepers – Dimitris Kourkoulas
Dimitris Kourkoulas Head, Mediterranean Programme; Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Ambassador of the EU