President Mary, Is she for real???

scudzilla · 23-03-2010 09:18PM #1

So Mary is currently in Turkey and here's a quote from the article

President Mary McAleese has reaffirmed Ireland's strong backing for Turkey's accession to EU membership.

Is she serious?? When the doors opened for many Eastern Block countries (Poland, Latvia, Lithuania etc) a good few years back the Celtic tiger was booming and we could take the influx of newcomers, now it's slowing down teh country seems to be struggling but coping.

IMO all that will change if Turkey get in the EU, imagine 300,000 turks coming over here, it would be chaos!!!

I don't know if they would be allowed full access and allowed to work, but if they were then the smaller EU countries like Ireland and Greece would be well and truly knackered

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0323/turkey.html

Jordan Berbatov · 23-03-2010 09:21PM

scudzilla wrote: »

So Mary is currently in Turkey and here's a quote from the article

President Mary McAleese has reaffirmed Ireland's strong backing for Turkey's accession to EU membership.

Is she serious?? When the doors opened for many Eastern Block countries (Poland, Latvia, Lithuania etc) a good few years back the Celtic tiger was booming and we could take the influx of newcomers, now it's slowing down teh country seems to be struggling but coping.

IMO all that will change if Turkey get in the EU, imagine 300,000 turks coming over here, it would be chaos!!!

I don't know if they would be allowed full access and allowed to work, but if they were then the smaller EU countries like Ireland and Greece would be well and truly knackered

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0323/turkey.html

shur they may let on shes at something! Irish president is the easiest gig going

partyatmygaff · 23-03-2010 09:22PM

Does it even matter? She's the president but what she says hardly has any bearing on the running of the country.

dr.bollocko · 23-03-2010 09:27PM

I'm going over there and eating their swans first chance I get.

Coriolanus · 23-03-2010 09:30PM

The French and Dutch will veto it anyway. So we might as well reap some benefits from saying we'd love to have them over for tea.

Bazzy · 23-03-2010 09:32PM

shes just there for the craic and the beer and to keep them sweet a lot of irish people go there for hols etc she is just flying the flag!

sure you lot are great fellas altogether

SV · 23-03-2010 09:36PM

Please don't let turkey into the eu.. Anything but that

InTheTrees · 23-03-2010 09:39PM

Most of its in asia isnt it? There's only a sliver of it in Europe.

sceptre · 23-03-2010 09:42PM

InTheTrees wrote: »

Most of its in asia isnt it? There's only a sliver of it in Europe.

Yeah, and the Greeks would happily take that if they got it, they expected it after WW1.

Mind you, have you seen where Cyprus is? Anyone who calls that Europe needs their neck restraightened.

Also, not pointed that all that in southern Cyprus you can't buy Turkish Delight but you can buy an entirely original alternative called Cyprus Delight...

bunnynexus · 23-03-2010 09:42PM

Turkey should be in the EU. Its is in Eurasian country. The EU isnt just for christians, french & english losers

DrumSteve · 23-03-2010 09:44PM

bunnynexus wrote: »

Turkey should be in the EU. Its is in Eurasian country. The EU isnt just for christians, french & english losers

remove your blinkers please.

Biggins · 23-03-2010 09:47PM

Politically, she is only allowed to state the official position/policy of the country and the government of the time.
Her own personal feelings don't come into it and she is professional enough not to let them interfere anyway even if she privately disagreed.
Officially, she is even supposed to seek permission of the government to actually leave the country!

bonerm · 23-03-2010 09:48PM

bunnynexus wrote: »

The EU isnt just for christians, french & english losers

Yes it is.

It's our little corner of the globe where we can pretend the majority of the world is white .... even tho it's only around 20% .... and dropping fast.

Paddy Samurai · 23-03-2010 09:48PM

4 Mil turks in Germany means 12 points for turkey each eurovision from Germany.

Think about it ,millions of turks in each eu country. We would never need to worry about hosting it again.
Eurovision winners 2023 Turkeyyyyyyy!!
2024 Turkeyyyyyyy!!
2025 Turkeyyyyyyy!!
2026 guess who?
2027,2028 etc,etc,etc.

scudzilla · 23-03-2010 09:48PM

But why would she say that Ireland will be backing there application, surely she must have been given the heads up from someone in the government

efb · 23-03-2010 09:49PM

They Turk our jobs!!!!

sock puppet · 23-03-2010 09:50PM

bunnynexus wrote: »

Turkey should be in the EU. Its is in Eurasian country. The EU isnt just for christians, french & english losers

It is however restricted to countries that recognise each other's governments.

bonerm · 23-03-2010 09:51PM

scudzilla wrote: »

But why would she say that Ireland will be backing there application, surely she must have been given the heads up from someone in the government

Yanks love Turkey because of its strategic position. We do whatever the Yanks say. QED.

ejmaztec · 23-03-2010 09:58PM

Rabble rabble Gobble gobble.

Rented Mule · 23-03-2010 09:58PM

bonerm wrote: »

Yanks love Turkey because of its strategic position. We do whatever the Yanks say. QED.

They also love them because they are an Islamic country that isn't run by a bunch of fanatics.

CianRyan · 23-03-2010 10:01PM

To be honest lads, if you're against this, you're gay.

rogerbravo · 23-03-2010 11:17PM

CianRyan wrote: »

To be honest lads, if you're against this, you're gay.

open the gattttteeessssss

dr.bollocko · 23-03-2010 11:23PM

CianRyan wrote: »

To be honest lads, if you're against this, you're gay.

Not that there's anything wrong with....
Oh never mind.

bob50 · 23-03-2010 11:25PM

Pres Mary is living in a dream world saying ireland supports Turkey getting in to the eu She convenitley forgets France Germany Italy would stop them from getting in

SV · 23-03-2010 11:33PM

Rented Mule wrote: »

They also love them because they are an Islamic country that isn't run by a bunch of fanatics.

Ha!

Raiser · 23-03-2010 11:52PM

Shoe Shops musta been closed......

Stinicker · 24-03-2010 12:58AM

rogerbravo wrote: »

open the gattttteeessssss

Man shes hideously thin, Having hooked up with a Turk (well Germanic Turk) I can state that their women are hot hot hot when you get to see them from behind the veil etc.

Turkey should never be allowed to join the EU and by voting Yes we have set the wheels in motion, but who cares as "Lisbon for Jobs"..... oh wait.

oppenheimer1 · 24-03-2010 01:04AM

scudzilla wrote: »

So Mary is currently in Turkey and here's a quote from the article

President Mary McAleese has reaffirmed Ireland's strong backing for Turkey's accession to EU membership.

Is she serious?? When the doors opened for many Eastern Block countries (Poland, Latvia, Lithuania etc) a good few years back the Celtic tiger was booming and we could take the influx of newcomers, now it's slowing down teh country seems to be struggling but coping.

IMO all that will change if Turkey get in the EU, imagine 300,000 turks coming over here, it would be chaos!!!

I don't know if they would be allowed full access and allowed to work, but if they were then the smaller EU countries like Ireland and Greece would be well and truly knackered

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0323/turkey.html

Not her opinion personally, but that of the governments. In fact that has been "our" position along with the UK for quite some time. We wouldn't want to be seen to be upsetting the Americans by being against membership.

MonkeyTennis · 24-03-2010 01:05AM

i dont want to be a fuddy-duddy. But we kinda all voted for this stuff. I mean the whole freedom of movement/employment thingy. We agreed to it.

Just in case .. you didnt know. Its not all bad.. you can go to Germany and steal all their jobs if you want

shayno90 · 24-03-2010 11:27AM

I wouldn't pay attention to what McAleese says, her views are don't hold any water in an international context. Will relieved when she ends her term next year, she was only puppet for the Fianna Fail cause who made no tangible contribution to Irish society over the 13 years in office. Turkey will not be allowed in due to the tension between Greece and themselves, plus an islamic and wannabe western democracy are not mutually exclusive with the first one always taking precedence over the other. In any case, McAleese should keep such opinions to herself as she has no basis for supporting the Turkish cause. Turkey is an Asian country, not an European country, end of story!

General Zod · 24-03-2010 11:34AM

bob50 wrote: »

Pres Mary is living in a dream world saying ireland supports Turkey getting in to the eu She convenitley forgets France Germany Italy would stop them from getting in

Trade relations.

Ireland will make all the happy supportive noises towards Turkey provided it makes a good impression of Ireland and boosts exports to Turkey.

As we know by now, the Irish government will happily back a losing horse provided there's some side reward for them at some stage.

President Mary, Is she for real???

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