Brok: - Turkey and Ukraine have to wait; EU isn't ready

The European Peoples Party rules the roost all across Europe but uneasy lies the head that wears the crown so the EPP-dominated governments, especially at the head of the European Union, will have to deal with some tough issues, including enlargement, with Iceland and Croatia knocking on the door, but Turkey still on a back burner, the party will
have a lot to deal with. Elmar Brok, a Member of the European Parliament from Germany, and a leading member of the
conservative party, stopped during its Congress in Bonn last month to talk to New Europe about some of the more vexing questions it faces.

Interview available in text at: http://www.neurope.eu

Interview recorded during the EPP Statutory Congress in Bonn, 9-10/12/2009

Interviewer: Andy Carling

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News & Politics

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• Brok
• EPP
• Conservatives
• Mcmillan-scott
• Ukraine
• Turkey
• Enlargement
• European Parliament
• Europe
• European Union
• EU
• New Europe
• NEtv