Boris Johnson: UK will help Turkey join the EU

[Martinus]

It seems as if he was trying to troll the EU deliberately. Meanwhile, the trend to punish Britain for Brexit seems to be growing in the EU political circles. I wonder where this will end.

[Richard Hakluyt]

The EU is the sort of organisation that would punish a country of 64m people because Boris Johnson is a bellend  ?

Maybe the brexit voters were right.

[Monoriu]

If the UK is not in the EU anymore, how can they help Turkey join the EU?

[Jacob]

The EU is the sort of organisation that would punish a country of 64m people because Boris Johnson is a bellend  ?

I doubt it, though I don't think Turkish accession looks that likely, with or without Johnson trying to insert himself into the conversation.

Maybe the brexit voters were right.

I'm sure some of them are right about something

[Valmy]

If the UK is not in the EU anymore, how can they help Turkey join the EU?

It is still in the EU.

[Monoriu]

If the UK is not in the EU anymore, how can they help Turkey join the EU?

It is still in the EU.

Other EU countries may consider it problematic for a country that has passed a referendum on leaving the EU to vote on whether another country gets to join.  If I were, say, France, and I object to Turkey's entry into EU, I am going to say, this is not your business any more and you can't vote. 

[Eddie Teach]

Don't they pretty much need unanimity anyway?

[Ed Anger]

I noticed the Turkey leader guy whose name I can't spell is starting to bitch about the 1923 treaty with Greece. Very nice.

[CountDeMoney]

I wholeheartedly agree with Turkey joining the EU.  Racist fucks, enjoy their debt.

[Monoriu]

I wholeheartedly agree with Turkey joining the EU.

Agreed.  The common market should be as large as possible, ideally covering the whole world.

[CountDeMoney]

The only thing funnier would be watching Israel join.  Europeans would flip the fuck out.

[Razgovory]

I wonder if Turkey had been part of the EU it might have mitigated the refugee crisis.

[Zoupa]

Turkey is never going to join. You need unanimity. Johnson is just whoring himself out in Ankara, big whoop.

[Zanza]

You assume the PM puts the interests of the country above strengthening their grip over their own political party.

Like Cameron. 

[Zanza]

The EU is the sort of organisation that would punish a country of 64m people because Boris Johnson is a bellend  ?

Maybe the brexit voters were right.

The EU isn't the sort of organisation that could punish a country like the UK even if it wanted to. Not that "the EU" is the same as "EU political circles" that Marty referred to. And by "punishing" most mean a hard Brexit without single market privileges, hardly a daunting prospect for many Brexiteers. Probably more of a "punishment" for the Remainers...