Afinal, (parece) que é a Europa que precisa da Túrquia...

EU in economic need for Turkey

A new report states that Europe needs Turkey to join in order to maintain its prosperity. This year’s World Economic Forum will focus on the country’s economic and geo-strategic contributions to Europe.

“During the upcoming 10-20 years, it is very hard for Europe to maintain its prosperity, protect its stability and be a global power without Turkey,” says Charles Emmerson - the World Economic Forum author of the Europe@Risk Report has underlined the benefits that Turkey could bring to the EU.

The report, which also contains contributions from Charles Grant, Sinan Ülgen, Ahment EvinYilmaz Argüden and Chrysostomos Sfatos, argues that Turkey could help Europe to counter some of the major global risks to prosperity and security. Turkey could help the EU cope with globalisation, climate change and demographic change. The document also indicates that this may be endangered by a serious rift between the two. [...]