Publication

1 Mar 2017

The authors of this commentary wring their hands over Turkey’s proposed constitutional reform package, which will effectively substitute a checks and balances political system for one dominated by an executive branch. As a response, the EU should either deliver “a strong value statement” on the pending vote or, if the reform package passes, announce tht Turkey will no longer qualify for EU membership.

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Author Steven Blockmans, Sinem Yilmaz
Series CEPS Commentaries
Publisher Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
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