According to the girlfriend of Denis MacShane, the Labour Europe minister of UK, the Queen of England said that Turkey should not be allowed in the European Union for a long time.
Accession
EU Parliament approved the annual progress report for Turkey’s accession
The results of the vote approved the original report without amendments that would make Turkey’s path easier.
EU needs Turkey more than Turkey needs it, says Turkey’s State Minister Egemen Bağış
Turkey is the sixth biggest economy in Europe and the 15th in the world. While Europe’s most successful country, Germany, witnessed an economic growth of 3 percent in the second half of 2010, the figure was 11 percent in Turkey (todayszaman.com).