Turkey? - No Thanks.

UKIP pressure leads to 

Tory splits on EU membership 

for Turkey.

Published Dec 16, 2015

After questioning from UKIP MEP Bill Etheridge
 Syed Kamall, Conservative group leader in the
 European Parliament, today admitted that
 "Turkey will never join the European Union."

This is in direct conflict with the Conservative
 Party leader, David Cameron, who has said on 
several occasions that Turkey should join the EU, 
going as far to say, "I will remain your strongest 
possible advocate for EU membership and greater
influence at the top table of European diplomacy."

Bill Etheridge UKIP MEP for the West Midlands 
commented: "I ask our Prime Minister a simple 
question; Mr Cameron, yes or no, are you in favour 
of EU membership for Turkey?

"The leader of the Conservative MEPs made it 
perfectly clear his position on Turkey today and 
I commend him for his honesty. I am however
 interested in whether the Prime Minister shares 
his opinion. Mr Cameron has been adamant in the 
past that Turkey should join and I suspect his position
 is unchanged. I speak for the whole of UKIP when 
I unequivocally say Turkey should not join the EU."