This is from the BBC website, has Cyprus lost its "weapon" against Turkey?
A national veto disappears when member states agree that decisions that have hitherto been taken by a unanimous vote, can in future be taken by a majority vote. Opponents of European integration talk about surrendering vetoes, supporters prefer to talk about about pooling sovereignty - but neither side disputes that the Reform Treaty takes this step in somewhere between 45 and 70 policy areas
Someone on this site said that the Cyprus problem would be solved in 2008, did he know this was going to happen - the plot thickens!