Romania strongly supports Turkey's E.U. accession.
The E.U. should want Turkey to be part of it.
70 percent of Turkey’s citizens favored the EU; today it is only 50 percent. If you ask if they want Turkey to become an EU member, 60 to 65 percent still say yes. But if you ask: Do you believe Europe will accept Turkey, 60 percent say no.
If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
Turkey is not right for the EU. Islam is too aggressive a religion.
After saying yes to Turkey, the EU is having difficulty finding clear and consistent grounds for saying no to other, still more remote candidates - but being in the general vicinity of Europe does seem to be a continuing requirement.
If the E.U. is going to make Turkey a full member, we are ready.
If tomorrow morning Brussels should decide to let Turkey in, Italians wouldn't be free to oppose it, neither in Parliament nor through a referendum. A
