The Spectator 2016 03 12, Czasopisma
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USA US$7.20.usaniar Hily l’sestablished 1828Turkey’s blackmailooked at from the narrow perspec-tive of how to deal with the lethal busi-ness of human trafficking across theAegean, this week’s deal between the EUand Turkey shows some encouraging signs.Slowly, the EU seems to be realising that thesurest way to stop migrants dying in unsea-worthy boats is to adopt similar measures tothose used by Tony Abbott the former Aus-tralian Prime Minister: turn back the boats,and deport those who land illegally. TheAustralians paid Malaysia to help handlethe migrant problem. The EU is paying Tur-key more than £4 billion over the next threeyears to contain 2.5 million refugees.The problem, however, is that Turkey isbeing offered more than money. The EU, inits desperation, says that within a few monthsit will offer Turkey’s 77 million citizens theability to travel to any of its 28 member stateswithout the need for a visa. Worse, it will fast-track Turkey’s application to become a fullmember of the EU — and turn a blind eye tothe human rights abuses of Recep Erdogan’sregime. Not that he wants to join the EU: hejust wants to show his domestic audiencethat can behave how he likes, lock up who helikes, and have the EU eating out of his hand.Looked at in the whole, what we saw thisweek was not so much a mutual agreementas the EU giving into Turkey’s demands.David Cameron was unable to negoti-ate a significant deal for Britain in the EUbecause he used reason, rather than threats.It is nearly 30 years since Turkey firstapplied to become a member of the EU.Negotiations in earnest began in 2005,when it was made clear that Turkey wouldnot be admitted until it made serious pro-Lgress in democratisation and improved itsdismal record on human rights. Since then,the country has gone backwards in theserespects. Three days before this week’s sum-mit, Turkish police raided the offices of theIstanbul newspaperZaman.The publicationis now run by Erdogan’s government.This is just the latest in a series ofauthoritarian crackdowns: the Turkish statehas been imprisoning critics, and turningthe screw on Kurdish separatists. Now, ifErdogan takes the hammer to the Kurds, heThe Turkish deal exposesthe moral vacuumat the heart of the EUcan expect the EU to say nothing.Erdogan’s recent behaviour suggestshe no longer fears censure from the EU.Almost 2,000 people have already beenindicted under an article in Turkey’s criminalcode forbidding insulting remarks towardsthe president. This includes a 17-year-oldboy who was given a suspended sentencefor accusing Erdogan of being ‘the thievingowner of an illegal palace’.In another case, a journalist is facing 23years in jail for making claims that state pros-ecutors have corruptly obtained discountedproperties. The way things are going, EUmember states may soon find themselveshaving to cope with a new tide of asylumseekers: Turkish journalists and politicalactivists fleeing their country’s increasinglydictatorial government.Part of the appeal of the EU projectwas the idea that it would exert soft power;that countries like Turkey would becomemore liberal in the hope of being rewardedwith closer ties with the European Union.Now the world is beginning to see that theEU’s commitment to democracy and plu-ralism does not run very deep. The Turkishdeal exposes a moral vacuum at the heartof the EU: it is a never-ending compromisebetween 28 countries who see the world verydifferently. It is a semi-functioning bureau-cracy, driven by panic rather than commit-ment to any series of beliefs.Britain was, for many years, in favour ofTurkey joining the EU — but that feeling wasnot shared widely on the continent. France isso opposed to the idea of Turkey joining thatthe EU constitution was changed to guaran-tee the French a referendum to block such amove. Now Turkey could be joining anyway.If this happens, the EU’s borders will extendall the way to Syria — a prospect certain toboost support for far-right parties, which arenow on the rise across Europe.So a deal that was intended to reduceimmigration may end up having the oppositeeffect. By ceding visa-free travel for Turkishcitizens at the height of a migrant crisis, theEU will further increase migration. People-traffickers have already been caught sellingfake Syrian passports, which are being usedby non-Syrian economic migrants intend-ing to pose as refugees. From June onwards,Turkish passports may well be in demand ifthey give instant access to the EU.At each turn during the immigration cri-sis, the EU has proved itself capable of mak-ing a bad situation worse. The Prime Ministeris trying his best to argue that the EU is asource of stability and security in an uncer-tain world. It is not making his job any easier.3the spectator|12 march 2016|www.spectator.co.ukThe thrills of country life, p14The poet of the pub, p55Gunpowder plots, p41THE WEEK379Leading articlePortrait of the WeekDiaryJane Eyre, royal charityBOOKS & ARTS12Bordering on insanityBritain’s deportation policy is a farceRod Liddle13A civilisation under siegeEurope’s asylum policy is even worseDouglas Murray14From Hitler to girls in pearlsMy strange life onCountry LifeNigel Farndale17American notebookVietnam vets, Gettysburg and TrumpMax Hastings18Trudeau family valuesCanada’s pretty new PM won’t beso popular once the bill comes dueHarry Mount20Americans for BrexitLeave for a more special relationshipIrwin Stelzer22The left will eat itselfCensorious students get censoredMick Hume24Anarchy in the EUA Sex Pistol on fame and BrexitMichael HendersonBOOKS30Ruth ScurrThe Age of Genius, by A.C. Graylingand Norfolk weatherSusan Hill10PoliticsOsborne’s not done yetJames Forsyth11The Spectator’s NotesMarkCarney, the EU and George BellCharles Moore15Jenny McCartneyThe smelly,snobbish death of the public loo18BarometerUnpopular attractions,power costs and Turkish immigration23Ancient and modernGovernorCameron and Emperor Juncker25James DelingpoleBrussels toffsFrom the archiveChurchill’s fall26LettersDemocracy, Donald Trump,The Archersand advertising28Any other businessBoomingcommodities and a boring budgetMartin Vander Weyer32Daniel SwiftSome Rain Must Fall,by Karl Ove KnausgaardKeith Milleron first novels33Ian ThomsonUprooted, by Nina Lyon34Tim MartinThe Census-Taker,by China MiévilleJulie MyersonA Mother’sReckoning, by Sue Klebold35Andrew TaylorThe DrownedDetective, by Neil Jordan36Craig RaineThe Letters ofT.S. Eliot, Volume 6, edited byValerie Eliot and John Haffenden37Sukhdev SandhuThe Lonely City, by Olivia Laing38Mark FisherKeeping theirMarbles, by Tiffany JenkinsNicholas LezardMr Kafka andOther Tales from the Time of theCult, by Bohumil Hrabal39Benjamin Beasley-MurrayThe Double Life of LaurenceOliphant, by Bart CaseyCoverby Morten Morland.Drawingsby Michael Heath, Castro, Morten Morland, Phil Disley, RGJ, NAF, Nick Newman, Bernie, Grizelda, Geoff Thompson, K.J. 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ISSN 0038-6952 The Spectator is published weekly by The Spectator (1828) Ltd at 22 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HPEditor: Fraser Nelson4the spectator|12 march 2016|www.spectator.co.ukBack to Bach, p42The most interestingman in Canada, p18Paintings on the astral plane, p44LIFE40Andy MillerThe Mule,by David QuantickYsenda Maxtone GrahamLIFE55High lifeTakiLow lifeJeremy ClarkeHis Whole Life, by Elizabeth Hay41Peter FrankopanThe GunpowderAge, by Tonio AndradeARTS56Real lifeMelissa Kite57Long lifeAlexander ChancellorBridgeSusanna GrossAND FINALLY . . .52Notes on…New ZealandCamilla SwiftIt always seemed that themore vile and murderous theindividual, the more likely theywere to be given leave to stayRod Liddle, p12We’re the world’s fifth biggesteconomy, as we keep hearingin the Brexit debate, and we’resliding towards medieval formsof public sanitationJenny McCartney, p15When Masaaki Suzuki leadshis forces in a performance ofa Bach cantata, does he worrythat the non-Christians willface the fires of Hell?Damian Thompson, p4242InterviewMasaaki SuzukiDamian Thompson44ExhibitionsHilma af Klint;Das Institut;Barry Flanagan; ChillidaMartin Gayford46OperaA round-up of new operaIgor Toronyi-Lalic47TheatreThe Patriotic Traitor;Hand to GodLloyd Evans48CinemaAnomalisaDeborah Ross49RadioKate Chisholm50TelevisionJames Walton58ChessRaymond KeeneCompetitionLucy Vickery59CrosswordColumba60Status anxietyToby YoungBattle for BritainMichael Heath61The Wiki ManRory SutherlandYour problems solvedMary Killen62DrinkBruce AndersonMind your languageDot WordsworthCONTRIBUTORSNigel Farndalewrites abouthis early days working atCountry Lifeon p. 14. He wenton to be an award-winninginterviewer at theSundayTelegraph,and has writtenthree novels.Irwin Stelzer,who arguesthat Brexit would benefitAmerica on p. 20, is a fellow ofthe Hudson Institute, a visitingfellow of Nuffield College,Oxford, and a columnist for theSunday Times.Ruth Scurr,who raises aneyebrow at A.C. Grayling’sapproach to history on p. 30,is the author, most recently, ofJohn Aubrey: My Own Life.Julie Myerson,who reviewsthe memoir by one of theColumbine killers’ mothers onp. 34, has written eight novels;her latest,The Stopped Heart,came out last month.Sukhdev Sandhu,whowrites about loneliness in NewYork on p. 37, is the authorofNight Haunts: a Journeythrough the London Night.the spectator|12 march 2016|www.spectator.co.uk5
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