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These statement of Verheugen was a kind of criticism directed towards German Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU), who argued that Turks, if accepted to EU, would damage EU identity.

Verheugen said; Turkey received an EU member status in Helsinki. This decision was repeated in the Copenhagen summit. This decision was taken by the support of the countries, where Christian Democrats are in power. Therefore, it is meaningless to discuss about the membership of Turkey to EU. Turkey will be a part of EU once she fulfills the Copenhagen Criteria.

Verheugen, who used to make negative statements about Turkey’s membership, amazed Turkey with this remark.

On the other hand, Angela Merkel, the Group Chairperson of German main opposition parties CDU/CSU told German News Agency (DPA) that EU could not bear the membership of Turkey.