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Date: February 25, 2015

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Current EU News and Issues

Task #1
Pros

Cons

-Turkey has key pipelines that

bring oil and gas from Asia
-The Turkish economy is growing
rapidly
-Turkey has good relations with
Israel
-Turkey has large armed forces
and would be a good military
asset for Europe
-The Turkish population is young
and increasingly well- educated
-They responded to the EUs
demands for change. Turkey has
abolished the death penalty.

-Turkey is an Islamic nation, it

does not fit into the EUs
Christian Club
-Since Turkey is a big country it
begin to access too much power
in the EU
-Turkey is not yet rich enough to
join the EU
-Turkey refuses to recognize the
Armenian Genocide of 1915

Task #2
1) How is immigration a problem for the EU?

Immigration is a problem in the EU because it is said to be the

reason for the high unemployment rate in some of the
countries.
2) How are they dealing with this problem?

The EU is dealing with this problem by calling for tighter

border control as a way of stemming the flow of immigration.
The Dutch government has devised a new Aliens Act, due to
come into effect next year. The law, which has been hotly
debated, is designed to streamline the asylum procedure and
reduce the average time for processing applications from 22
months to six. It will also give all asylum-seekers (who are
eligible to stay) a more temporary status. Instead of giving full
refugee status after the initial procedure, each case will be

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reviewed after three years, and only then approved or

rejected.