PEACE AT ANY PRICE?

'Well, well, well. . . the EU speaks out again. To be specific, the AKP's representative in the European Parliament, Joost Lagendijk, has spoken out against the right of the Kurdish people to back their own political parties. Shame, shame, Mr. Lagendijk, the right of the people to choose their own political parties and to support them is one of the bases of democracy.

Shame, shame on Mr. Cem Ozdemir, too. Note: Cem Ozdemir was the first German of Turkish ethnicity (or would that be "sub-identity?") to be elected to the Bundestag in German history. As a member of the Green Party, a party which has to make a 5% threshold to keep take seats in the Bundestag. Germany has a population of some 82 million. It has a 5% threshold for parties to be apportioned seats in its parliament. Turkey has a population of some 69 million. It has a 10% threshold for parties to be apportioned seats in its parliament. Interesting bit of trivia, isn't it?"
Rasti