The crisis was first sparked by the recent French and Dutch "no" votes to the EU constitutional treaty, which some said reflected -- at least partly -- the voters' reservations to an expansion that would include Turkey.
Krizu je izazvao neuspeh nedavnih referenduma u Francuskoj i Holandiji, kada su birači tih zemalja odbacili predlog ustava EU, što je, kako neki tvrde, odraz rezervi građana prema proširenju koje bi obuhvatilo i Tursku.