Restrictions that do not mesh with Turkey's new ambitions. It is not only unrealistic and the wrong time for Turkey to join the EU from the EU's point of view (see my column in issue 10124 of the newsletter), but I believe that it is not right from Turkey's point of view either. The reasons for recommending not to join the EU are even stronger for Turkey, in fact. The accession negotiations have been dragging on for years and have not made any significant progress, giving rise to...