GERMANY: OPINION DIVIDED ABOUT ISSUE OF WHETHER TURKEY SHOULD BE ADMITED TO EUROPEAN UNION

Record ID: 648787

  • Title: GERMANY: OPINION DIVIDED ABOUT ISSUE OF WHETHER TURKEY SHOULD BE ADMITED TO EUROPEAN UNION
  • Date: 17th December 2004
  • Summary: (W6) BERLIN, GERMANY (DECEMBER 14, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. WIDE OF CHURCH OF REMEMBRANCE IN WESTERN BERLIN WITH SCULPTURE IN FOREGROUND; SLV CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS CROSSING STREET AT PEDESTERIAN LIGHT; SCU PEOPLE'S FACES (3 SHOTS) 0.19 2. SCU PEDESTRIAN/ TRAFFIC LIGHT WITH GREEN MAN CHANGING FROM GREEN TO RED 0.27 3. SLV SHOPPERS WALKING PAST SHOP WINDOWS; WIDE OF BRANDENBURG GATE; "QUADRIGA" HORSES SCULPTURE ON TOP 0.39 4. GROUP OF CHILDREN WALKING THROUGH BRANDENBURG GATE 0.43 5. (SOUNDBITE) (German) GISELA (NO LAST NAME GIVEN) (ASKED WHAT TURKEY NEEDS TO DO BEFORE THEY CAN JOIN THE EUROPEAN UNION WHOSE MEMBERSHIP GISELA OPPOSES) SAYING: "(They need to work on human rights and above all, the religious aspect. Christians are not allowed to build churches there but here in Germany, they are building mosques. A lot of it has to be put in relation". 0.57 6. (SOUNDBITE) (German) THOMAS LAHNERT, BERLIN TAXI DRIVER SAYING: "Although I have a liking for Turkey, in my view Turkey is not a European country. Also, I think the European Union would drift apart too much. There are more and more members." 1.14 7. (SOUNDBITE) (German) OCKA BRUHNS SAYING: "It seems to me that (Turkey) would have its right place in the European Union. Turks and Germans know each other well." 1.21 8. MV TURKISH AND GERMAN SHOPPERS AT BI-WEEKLY "TURKISH MARKET" IN BERLIN'S KREUZBERG DISTRICT, HOME TO MOST OF BERLIN'S TURKISH POPULATION AND SOMETIMES CALLED "LITTLE ISTANBUL"; MV TWO YOUNG GERMAN WOMEN TASTING FOOD AT STALL 14. VEGETABLE STALL; SCU TURKISH WOMAN WEARING HEADSCARF LOOKING AT VEGETABLES 1.39 (W6) BONN, GERMANY (DECEMBER 14, 2004) (REUTERS) 15. SLV EXTERIOR OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OFFICES IN BONN 1.44 16. MV BARBARA LOCHBIHLER, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY GENERAL IN GERMANY, WALKING IN HALLWAY; SCU SIGN READING "THEY RETURN HOME FROM WORK. THEY NEVER ARRIVE. THIS IS HAPPENING TODAY, FOR EXAMPLE IN TURKEY." 1.53 QUALITY AS INCOMING: 17. (SOUNDBITE) (German) BARBARA LOCHBIHLER, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY GENERAL IN GERMANY SAYING: "From a human rights point of view it is always important to see how the lives of male and female Turks are being affected, the lives of male and female Kurds." 2.01 (W6) DUESSELDORF GERMANY (RECENT - DECEMBER 7, 2004) (REUTERS) 18. WIDE OF CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT UNION (CDU) PARTY CONVENTION; SLV PARTY LEADER ANGELA MERKEL AND LOWER SAXONY STATE PREMIER CHRISTIAN WULFF APPLAUDING ON PODIUM 2.09 19. (SOUNDBITE) (German) EDMUND STOIBER, BAVARIAN STATE PREMIER AND HEAD OF CHRISTIAN SOCIAL UNION (CSU), THE CDU' SISTER PARTY SAYING: "There are considerable economic, geographic, financial and above all cultural differences between the European Union and Turkey which would be too much for Europe, ladies and gentlemen!" 2.23 20. DELEGATES APPLAUDING 2.28 (W6) BERLIN, GERMANY (DECEMBER 13, 2004) (REUTERS) 21. SLV GERMAN CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER AND DUTCH PRIME MINISTER JAN PETER BALKENENDE ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE AT CHANCELLERY 2.36 22. (SOUNDBITE) (German) SCHROEDER SAYING: "Obviously, the issue of entry talks with Turkey will be at the centre of discussions (at the weekend EU summit) and we both believe that the message should be: talks are held with the purpose of membership. Of course they must be conducted with open results but the goal should be clear." 2.59 23. REPORTERS TAKING NOTES 3.03 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: BERLIN, BONN AND DUESSELDORF, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Reuters ID: LVACLFMWOFU46BXTMUA6ZQWXYENY
  • Story Text: German opinion is divded about the issue of whether
    Turkey should be admitted to the the European Union.

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