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Sarkozy: ‘No Place for Turkey in EU, Russia More European’

© AFP 2023 / CHARLY TRIBALLEAUFrench right-wing opposition Les Republicains (LR) party President Nicolas Sarkozy gestures as he delivers a speech during a campaign rally in support of candidate for the upcoming regional elections in the Normandy region, Herve Morin, on November 30, 2015 in Rouen, northwestern France
French right-wing opposition Les Republicains (LR) party President Nicolas Sarkozy gestures as he delivers a speech during a campaign rally in support of candidate for the upcoming regional elections in the Normandy region, Herve Morin, on November 30, 2015 in Rouen, northwestern France - Sputnik International
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The prospect of Turkey joining the European Union makes no sense, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy said in an interview with iTele TV channel.

“Turkey is in Asia Minor. It’s a great country, a great civilization, but it is also a bridge between Asia and Europe. There is no place for it, this is something I have always said and it makes a lot of sense. Don’t get me wrong: I have nothing against Turks, we need them, they are our NATO allies,” Nicolas Sarkozy said.

French right-wing Les Republicains (LR) party President, Nicolas Sarkozy (C) waves as he visits the Salon de l'Agriculture (Agriculture Fair), in Paris - Sputnik International
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He added, however, that “when we start explaining to our schoolchildren that Turkey is Europe, then we’ll have to add that European borders run across Syria. This just makes no sense.”

The EU is a union of European states. Even geographically Turkey is only partly in Europe, Sarkozy pointed out.

“I don’t think that historically, culturally and economically Turkey can be considered a 100-percent European country,” he added.

He also said that anyone who says that Turkey is a European country wants the end of the EU.

“Speaking of Turkey joining the European Union, let me tell you that Russia is way more European than Turkey,” Nicolas Sarkozy noted.

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