CUTTING THE VISA KNOT. How Turks can travel freely to Europe
CUTTING THE VISA KNOT. How Turks can travel freely to Europe
Author(s): Author Not Specified
Subject(s): Inter-Ethnic Relations, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: ESI – European Stability Initiative
Keywords: visa-free travel;
Summary/Abstract: Visa liberalisation has been a crucial element in the EU’s relations with Romania, Serbia and Albania. Yet until recently it had not even appeared on the agenda of talks between Brussels and Ankara. Then on 21 June 2012, the Council invited the Commission to establish a dialogue with Turkey aimed at visa liberalisation. Almost a year has passed since these Council conclusions. The dialogue on visa liberalisation has yet to begin. || There has never before been an EU candidate country that had been negotiating accession for years and whose citizens were unable to travel without a visa. As Turkey and the EU move towards the fiftieth anniversary of their strategic relationship, which started with the 1963 Association Agreement, the time to overcome this particular legacy of the 1980 coup is now. It is time to cut this Gordian visa knot. || Cutting a Gordian knot: Solving an intractable problem through thinking outside the box. Based on legendary event in the ancient city of Gordiyon, 70 kilometers south-west of Ankara.
Series: ESI Reports
- Page Count: 32
- Publication Year: 2013
- Language: English
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