Comments on: The Tooth Fairy doesn’t want the Wogs to join his Europe https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/the-tooth-fairy-doesnt-want-the-wogs-to-join-his-europe/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Sat, 14 Apr 2012 10:53:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: LP https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/the-tooth-fairy-doesnt-want-the-wogs-to-join-his-europe/#comment-220756 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 10:53:02 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=18302#comment-220756 Brilliant piece, Daphne. After reading JPO’s comments on timesofmalta.com, I was hoping someone would point out his xenphobic remarks. I’m just glad you did. So much for liberal Jeff – he’s nothing but a joke.

]]> By: Tim Ripard https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/the-tooth-fairy-doesnt-want-the-wogs-to-join-his-europe/#comment-220754 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 10:50:13 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=18302#comment-220754 Turkey also has one of the youngest populations in the world. This would boost European demographics.

The problem with Turkey is that many Turks are very racist – despising Greeks, Armenians and Kurds and this is at the heart of the human rights abuses that go on there.

[Daphne – Yes, that’s it.]

]]> By: Sowerberry https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/the-tooth-fairy-doesnt-want-the-wogs-to-join-his-europe/#comment-220732 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:52:17 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=18302#comment-220732 http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120414/local/nationalist-mp-may-move-private-member-s-motion-on-turkey-s-eu-bid.415378

]]> By: marlene https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/the-tooth-fairy-doesnt-want-the-wogs-to-join-his-europe/#comment-220695 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 08:07:33 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=18302#comment-220695 I also was appalled to hear that Malta is ready to help Turkey to join the European Union and it’s not because I don’t realise that Turkey is European.

If it weren’t European there wouldn’t even be an argument. My scepticism and lack of understanding in this matter arise from the fact that till not that long ago we (the Maltese) were told that we had nothing to worry about Turkey joining Europe any time soon because of, for example, their complete disregard for basic human rights.

Have things changed – improved – so drastically since?

Please enlighten me.

[Daphne – Turkey can’t join until it solves those matters. Once they are solved, I can’t see what the problem would be. Turkey is, after all, far more developed than Romania and Bulgaria. And the current crisis in the EU is caused by….Greece.]

]]> By: Riff Raff https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/the-tooth-fairy-doesnt-want-the-wogs-to-join-his-europe/#comment-220598 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 03:19:27 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=18302#comment-220598 Joseph will end up erecting something for JPO. You read it here first.

]]> By: DavidMG https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/the-tooth-fairy-doesnt-want-the-wogs-to-join-his-europe/#comment-220465 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:35:25 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=18302#comment-220465 Turkey has the 16th largest economy in the world, the 6th largest agricultural economy, already has full customs union with the EU (this is all that most British want) and has a full working democracy.

It also has more experience in successfully dealing with fundamental Islam than any other country in the world.

Regarding the other issues mentioned remember there are always two sides to any story especially Cyprus. Read Lord Carrington’s memoirs (the British Foreign Secretary at the time).

The EU needs Turkey.

]]> By: john https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/the-tooth-fairy-doesnt-want-the-wogs-to-join-his-europe/#comment-220443 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:42:06 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=18302#comment-220443 Turkey is an important member of NATO, guarding the highly sensitive south eastern flank of Europe.

Malta kicked NATO out.

]]> By: ciccio https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/the-tooth-fairy-doesnt-want-the-wogs-to-join-his-europe/#comment-220410 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:05:28 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=18302#comment-220410 In reply to Antoine Vella.

It is important to keep Turkey set on the objective of joining the EU, whilst at the same time, the EU sets the hurdles that Turkey must meet to comply with the respect of human rights, free trade, democracy, and so on. The journey may be long, but the distance covered will make it worth it for the 75 million persons who live there.

]]> By: ron https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/the-tooth-fairy-doesnt-want-the-wogs-to-join-his-europe/#comment-220407 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:02:26 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=18302#comment-220407 The problem with JPO is that he has spent so much time with Labourites that he now thinks like them and belongs to them. The sooner he leaves the PN the better for both.

]]> By: Antoine Vella https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/the-tooth-fairy-doesnt-want-the-wogs-to-join-his-europe/#comment-220310 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:38:25 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=18302#comment-220310 Apart from being xenophobic, arguments like those of Pullicino Orlando and many Labour supporters are also very short-sighted.

The Turkey that would one day day join the EU would be a totally different country from the one we see today. There are many problems to solve of course, including the issue of minorities such as Kurds and Armenians – to say nothing of Cyprus – so they still have a long way to go.

However, if and when such problems are overcome, allowing Turkey to join the EU would be the best way to keep Turks from turning to fundamentalist Islam.

Pullicino Orlando should ask himself why the so-called Arab Spring occurred in those countries where Western influence was strongest.

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