The Tooth Fairy doesn’t want the Wogs to join his Europe
The Mayor of London: if his grandfather hadn't changed his name when he became a British subject, Boris Johnson would be Boris Kemal Bey today. And a dentist in Haz-Zebbug would dismiss him as not European and culturally alien to....Haz-Zebbug.
Apparently, according to the ignorant rump of Maltese (demi-monde) society, ably led by that Tooth Fairy from Haz-Zebbug, the Maltese are European but the Turks are not.
Malta, fixed at a point between Tunis and Tripoli and further south than Tunis itself, belongs with Finland. But Turkey, which is actually part of the continent in a way Malta is not, is ‘not European’.
What these people mean, of course, is ‘Muslim’. The Turks are ‘Arabs’, and try explaining to the Tooth Fairy tribe why they are not. Why, some people are even talking about the Great Siege of 450 years ago.
All this because the government of Malta pledged to support Turkey in its bid to join the European Union. Foolish Jeff didn’t even stop to observe that Turkey is officially a candidate country and working to meet the criteria for membership.
So Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando shot straight to Facebook and wrote:
This government does not have a mandate to support Turkey’s accession to the EU.
I, for one, am totally against it. Turkey is not culturally “European”, accession would result in a wave of Turkish immigrants and widening the EU to include Turkey will prevent consolidation of the political and economic union which is already difficult in the current economic climate.
Turkey is too big, and will therefore exercise too much power within the EU. It is also too poor, and will cost the rest of the EU too much.
This issue should be discussed in parliament before we get declarations in favour of Turkey’s accession and promises of support by our foreign minister.
Turkey was accepted as a candidate country in 2004 and negotiations began a year later. All EU member states, including Malta, accepted Turkey at the time as a candidate country.
It has 35 chapters to work on, of which 13 have been opened, eight frozen, five blocked and one chapter closed for the time being.
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The real problem, of course, is that the Tooth Fairy is a xenophobic and dogmatic rightist, posing as a liberal when he has the inclinations of a tyrant, who belongs with his fellow-travellers in Joseph Muscat’s party.
Who can forget that Jeffrey’s view of African boat-people is that they should be towed out to sea, given food and water, and left to make their way elsewhere?
Some liberal. Just another bigot, I’m afraid. Oh, and Jeffrey: lots of Turks are white-skinned, blue-eyed blonds, while you’ve just got the eyes and nothing else. Labour deputy leader Toni Abela, on the other hand, looks just like the Maltese cliched idea of a Turk, but he’s Maltese. Nobody from Sweden would think him European. I’d like to hear him talk about being more European than the Turks, because that would be a laugh. And I don’t mean the way he looks, either.
Oh, and Jeffrey, Boris Johnson’s grandfather was Turkish, did you know? Thought not. Had he not changed his surname to Johnson when he became a British subject, his grandson would be Boris Kemal Bey. Boris Johnson’s great-grandfather was Ali Kemal Bey, a liberal Turkish journalist and the interior minister in the government of Damat Ferid Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, who was murdered during the Turkish War of Independence.
Not at all European, I would say. And with such culturally alien values, don’t you think? And another thing, Jeffrey: Boris Johnson has the most famous blond hair in recent history, after Farrah Fawcett Major’s. And if he met a dentist from Haz-Zebbug, he’d probably think him a….wop.
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JPO is just worried that the Turks would once again invade us and land in Mistra.
Maybe that’s why he bought that land in Mistra. He intends to build a fortress where he, Debono and Mugliett can fight to the last (ahem) man.
And he’ll be kicking himself for closing dowm the cement plant on the outskirts of his village.
Some people manage to get degrees in sciences but then do not have the slighest idea of general knowledge.
JPO has to decide if he is Liberal and Progressive (sic) or a xenophobic extreme-right-winger. I guess the problem he foresees is that Turkey is a Muslim country; Muslim yes but definetely not Islamic.
The EU is not an exclusive Christian club. He claims that the government does not have a mandate to support Turkey. Neither did it have a mandate to support Croatia! And he did not have a mandate to try to introduce divorce and gay marriage, but still he did so.
He’s just being Byzantine for a change.
The economy of Turkey is defined as an emerging market economy by the IMF[15] and is largely developed, making Turkey one of the world’s newly industrialized countries. The country is among the world’s leading producers of agricultural products; textiles; motor vehicles, ships and other transportation equipment; construction materials; consumer electronics and home appliances.
JPO’s statement got stuck in the Top 5 on timesofmalta.com, while Joseph’s full support to North Korea which was kept a secret got relegated to the inner news items.
Try explaining to him the Janissaries and their contribution to the Turkish gene pool.
There is place for everyone in the EU, as long as they are not xenophobic extremists, and as long as they respect human rights and freedoms. Clearly in Malta, there are some who do not meet those criteria.
Turkey is not culturally “European”, stated JPO, the kettle calling the pot black.
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.
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.
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.
Turkey is an important member of NATO, guarding the highly sensitive south eastern flank of Europe.
Malta kicked NATO out.
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.
Joseph will end up erecting something for JPO. You read it here first.
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.]
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120414/local/nationalist-mp-may-move-private-member-s-motion-on-turkey-s-eu-bid.415378
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.]
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.