LONDON (Reuters) - Turkey is still determined to join the European Union despite the current crisis in the euro zone and can become the bloc's economic "growth engine," President Abdullah Gul said in an interview published on Sunday.
Gul rejected concerns that the economic problems facing the euro zone meant that any further expansion of the 27-member EU should be put on hold.
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE7AJ02Y20111120
Interview: why Turkey's President Abdullah Gul believes his country's moment has come
President Abdullah Gul believes Turkey can bring dynamism to the Euro-club and mediate with its strife-torn neighbours, reports Harriet Alexander in Ankara
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/8901775/Interview-why-Turkeys-President-Abdullah-Gul-believes-his-countrys-moment-has-come.html
Sunday 20 November 2011
MANY of Britain’s biggest companies are scaling back investment and employment plans for next year amid fears of a second banking crisis brought on by the Eurozone, the country’s most prominent business group warns today.
On the eve of its annual conference, a bleak survey from the CBI reveals that 70 per cent of the UK’s captains of industry say their confidence has been badly damaged by the European financial and political turmoil that has been raging since August.
John Cridland, the CBI’s director‑general, said: “The risk it [the sovereign debt crisis] poses to the UK and world economy is getting ever greater.”
http://www.scotsman.com/scotland-on-sunday/business-opinion/comment/uk_s_bosses_fear_backlash_from_europe_1_1975491
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