Turkey’s joining the EU is impossible at the moment, said José Manuel Barroso, European Commission President. According to him, there are two reasons: first, serious cultural differences, second, change of attitude towards Turkey within the EU regarding its close relations with Iran.

Turkey’s EU aspirations have met resistance of the Europeans so far. The EU members are discontent with state of human rights in Turkey and Ankara’s failure to solve the conflict with Cyprus that is EU member but is not recognized as a state by Turkey, MIGnews.com.