Both the dominant Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its secular rivals remain publicly committed to pursuing EU membership, but in practice doubts have emerged. French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s insistence that a referendum should be held on Turkey’s admission suggests that years of painful adjustment to EU norms will never produce the payoff of membership.
不管是占领导地位的公正与发展党(AKP)还是它的世俗竞争者都公开致力于取得欧盟成员资格，但是实际上已经有人对此表示怀疑。法国总统尼克拉斯·萨尔科奇坚持要求对土耳其加入欧盟进行全民公投，这说明多年的为符合欧盟规则而进行的痛苦调整不可能得到取得欧盟成员资格的结果。