Yesterday I tried to indicate the reasons that led me to believe that Turkey would reach the conclusion that its accession to the EU as a full member was not the right formula for its future relations with Europe. I did not speak about the reasons that justified a similar conclusion from the European side: I'll simply say that none of the arguments generally used in favour of Turkish accession are, in my opinion, convincing. They can be put into four categories (plus one):
a) ideologies:...