Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 12/2009

Germany and the question of Turkey's membership in the European Union

Adam Szymański

March 2007

The Polish Institute of International Affairs

Abstract

Enlargement of the European Union is an incremental process which begins before formal accession of a given state and continues thereafter. One can distinguish four main areas of studies of this subject. These are: 1) the policy of candidates for EU membership; 2) the policy of member states towards EU enlargement; 3) European Union's enlargement policy; 4) the consequences of this process. In this study it is the second of these areas that will be analysed, with the focus on the policy followed by German governments and presidents on the question of the accession of Turkey.