The head of Europe's constitutional convention,
Valery Giscard d'Estaing, caused a diplomatic storm yesterday by calling Turkey an Asiatic
nation that should never be allowed to join the European Union.
The former French president said letting Turkey's 70 million Muslims in would be "the death
of the European Union".
"Its capital is not in Europe; 95 per cent of its population live outside Europe; it is not a
European country," he said.
Uttering publicly what is usually kept to a whisper in EU corridors, he told the newspaper Le
Monde that Turkey had "a different culture, a different way of life" and was rooted by
political geography in the Near East.
What's funny here is that it was a Turkish princess being sent to the French court to marry some nobleman or other who introduced the French to bathing. It caught on and all of Europe finally started bathing as well. Up until the arrival of the Turk from "a different culture, a different way of life," water was reserved for cooking purposes and the font in church where only the tips of the fingers were exposed to it. Perhaps all of Europe can be grateful for exposure to 'Asiatic' Turkey. Prudy <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply.
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