Turkey is a poor, unstable and authoritarian country, where radical Islam is on the march. It borders failed and rogue Middle Eastern states, and has a huge and growing population, many of whom want to live in western Europe.

Yet despite these overwhelming cultural, structural, political and security problems, many politicians, big businesses and the extreme Left are united in wanting Turkey to join the European Union - whilst denying European voters any chance of either debating or voting on this potentially disastrous proposal.

The EU and Turkey can and should be friends, but Turkey never has been and never should be a European nation. To admit her as an EU member could spell catastrophe not just for the European Union, but for European civilization.

"As members of the European Parliament, Koen Dillen and Philip Claeys have a unique position from which to be able to contribute to a debate that has only just begun. Apart from the ideological arguments (the influx of eighty million Muslims) against Turkey’s possible entry into the EU, the institutional and economic arguments will be decisive. If it becomes an EU member state, Turkey will have the greatest single number of seats of any state in the European Parliament. It will be on an equal footing with the major players on the European Council. Improving the Turkish economy will demand unprecedented and protracted efforts from European taxpayers. Are we prepared to pay this price? Won’t it be extremely detrimental to the growth of the European economy? In this book, Dillen and Claeys provide the facts and figures on one of the most important problems European member states and citizens will have to face for many years to come."

Prof Eric Suy, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations

“Admitting Turkey into the EU makes no sense economically, politically, socially, culturally or strategically. Yet Turkish accession is being promoted by an unlikely coalition of ‘conservatives’ who don’t realize what they are doing, Leftists seeking to bolster their electoral strength, and big businesses driven solely by greed. Philip Claeys and Koen Dillen have provided a courageous and comprehensive refutation of all the arguments that are adduced for admitting Turkey. A Bridge Too Far is a vitally important contribution to what has been to date a remarkably deficient debate.”

Derek Turner, Editor, Quarterly Review, London

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