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07-08-2019, 08:25 PM
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There are other countries wishing to join and one very good reason for UK to leave.
UK cannot afford to be a member.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world...-Balkan-States

How much will it cost for more countries to join?
Britain would be obliged to pay nearly £1.8 billion by 2020 to encourage Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey to join the EU, according to research from Vote Leave.

The UK government agreed to pay £169.5 million a year under the EU’s Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance, plus a further £640 million to Turkey under the recent deal.

Vote Leave chair Gisela Stuart, a Labour MP, said: “Rather than sending money abroad to countries that want to join the EU I believe we should be spending our money on our priorities here in the UK.

“Instead of giving an extra 88 million people - more than our entire population - access to the NHS I believe it would be safer to take back control.”
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07-08-2019, 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Cinderella ->
There are other countries wishing to join and one very good reason for UK to leave.
UK cannot afford to be a member.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world...-Balkan-States

Turkey want visa free access to the Schengen area or they are opening the floodgates to migrants. Scary stuff!
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Most of Turkey is in Western Asia, how much more expansion could they be envisaging.
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07-08-2019, 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Cinderella ->
There are other countries wishing to join and one very good reason for UK to leave.
UK cannot afford to be a member.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world...-Balkan-States
Your link is to an outdated article in the express.

Presently the membership of turkey has been suspended, you can guess why.
Six small countries on the balkan are aspirant members. They can be admitted as members, not before 2025.
On the EU budget there is a total € 2.5 bn set aside for pre acession assistance. No mention of a yearly amount required from members.
If you're lucky the UK can be re-admitted before these small countries.
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07-08-2019, 09:04 PM
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Atlantis may well rise up from the sea bed and solve all our problems.
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We need a Chuck Norris Brexit !
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07-08-2019, 09:10 PM
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We need a Chuck Norris Brexit !
Strong in the arm and weak in the head, isn't that what we already have?
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07-08-2019, 09:21 PM
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a8274166.html

Dispute between Turkey and EU-member
Cyprus might put the kibosh on Turkish membership.
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07-08-2019, 09:45 PM
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a8274166.html

Cyprus might put the kibosh on Turkish membership.
Turkey's European Parliament rapporteur Kati Piri presented her report on November 14, 2018, which states that the European Union should formally suspend talks with Turkey on accession. In March 2019, a majority of the European Parliament voted to suspend the discussions.

BRUSSELS (ANP) - The European Union is imposing sanctions against Turkey for its gas drilling in waters off the Turkish part of Cyprus. The Foreign Ministers have decided to suspend negotiations on a new Turkish-European aviation agreement. There will also be no high-level meetings between the EU and Ankara for the time being. The financial support that Turkey receives from Brussels as an EU candidate member is being reduced.

"We are all behind Cyprus," said Minister Stef Blok. "We call on Turkey again to adhere to international agreements". The EU has on several occasions called on Turkey to stop provocations in the territorial waters of Cyprus.

The whole of Cyprus is an EU member and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus consists of the area occupied by Turkey in 1974, but it is recognized as a state by virtually no one. Turkey, however, states that it is in its right to drill where it does. The seabed is part of mainland Turkey or Turkey is drilling for gas in the interest of Northern Cyprus, Ankara argues.

A new aviation agreement should make flying to and from Turkey considerably cheaper. The EU foreign service is also looking for "appropriate measures".
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07-08-2019, 10:22 PM
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Turkey's European Parliament rapporteur Kati Piri presented her report on November 14, 2018, which states that the European Union should formally suspend talks with Turkey on accession. In March 2019, a majority of the European Parliament voted to suspend the discussions.

BRUSSELS (ANP) - The European Union is imposing sanctions against Turkey for its gas drilling in waters off the Turkish part of Cyprus. The Foreign Ministers have decided to suspend negotiations on a new Turkish-European aviation agreement. There will also be no high-level meetings between the EU and Ankara for the time being. The financial support that Turkey receives from Brussels as an EU candidate member is being reduced.

"We are all behind Cyprus," said Minister Stef Blok. "We call on Turkey again to adhere to international agreements". The EU has on several occasions called on Turkey to stop provocations in the territorial waters of Cyprus.

The whole of Cyprus is an EU member and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus consists of the area occupied by Turkey in 1974, but it is recognized as a state by virtually no one. Turkey, however, states that it is in its right to drill where it does. The seabed is part of mainland Turkey or Turkey is drilling for gas in the interest of Northern Cyprus, Ankara argues.

A new aviation agreement should make flying to and from Turkey considerably cheaper. The EU foreign service is also looking for "appropriate measures".

You will also notice that the EU is doing nothing to support Cyprus with Turkeys illegal gas drilling except a bit of finger wagging
 
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