她会继续鼓励欧盟最终接纳巴尔干国家，但她在反对给予土耳其正式成员国地位的立场上也毫不含糊。 这是自施罗德时代以来的一个重大的实质性态度转变（虽然她的政府不会阻挠在十月初启动谈判 ） 。
She will continue to favor the eventual admission of the Balkan states, but she has left no doubt of her opposition to full membership for Turkey, which is the major substantive change from the Schroeder era (although her government will not block the start of negotiations in early October).