Angela Merkel and Nicholas Sarkozy have both voiced opposition to full admission of Turkey into the EU, reported Spero News.

The source pointed out that a coalition government in Germany, comprising the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Christian Social Union (CSU), and Free Democrat Party (FDP) made statements reaffirming the strong opposition to Turkey's EU accession

“Not membership, but privileged partnership,” said Angela Merkel (CDU), German Chancellor.

Wolfgang Schauble (CDU), German Minister of Finance has enunciated “Six reasons against Turkey's EU accession:”

1. Germany's primary interest is the success of European integration … Europe has geographic borders. Nobody would feel like they are in Europe if they border Syria, Iran, and Iraq.

2. Nobody wants to repel our Turkish friends. We are highly interested in a strong partnership with Turkey. But that does not mean, therefore, that all of our strong partners should belong to the European Union.

3. That Turkey is a great example of a democratic Muslim country has nothing to do with the question of Turkey's EU membership. If so, we would have to think about Pakistan or Indonesia's EU membership next. Even now, Turkey's changing role in the Arab world is suspicious. As a full member of the Union, Turkey could not perform its role as a bridge — because a bridge does not belong to one of the sides.

4. People who say that Turkish integration in Germany would be endangered if Turkey were not to become a part of the EU are endangering peaceful social coexistence between Turks and Germans. The integration of Turks in Germany would succeed without Turkey's EU membership.

5. We do not help Turkey by concealing problems. As long as it prohibits the building of churches or having priests for its Christian minorities, no one can really talk about freedom of religion in Turkey as we know it in Europe. [Turkish] Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan easily scored a goal on his own team with his defamatory bluster “Club of Christians” [in reference to the EU].

6. It would be better if we keep offering Turkey a privileged partnership. A failure after ten years of accession talks would be as disastrous as the failure of Europe's political unity."