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[umit07]

MEPs warn against linking Turkey’s accession course to Cyprus problem

MEMBERS of the European Parliament said on Friday that linking Turkey’s EU accession to the Cyprus issue could slow down the chances for a solution.

Chairman of the High Level Contact Group in the European Parliament for relations with the Turkish Cypriot community, Françoise Grossetête said the Cyprus problem was a European question but cautioned on an actual link to Turkey.Speaking at a news conference for the visiting delegation from the Bureau of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament, Grossetête said if a settlement was not found soon, the Greek Cypriots could be in danger of becoming a minority, due to the continuing influx of Turkish settlers to the north.

However, linking the Cyprus issue and Turkey’s accession was not the answer, as it could slow down efforts for a solution, she said.
The job of the EPP-ED contact group was to foster closer relations between the two communities Grossetête said.

The group held a two-day meeting on the island this week.
Chairman of the EPP-ED Group Joseph Daul talked about the mushrooming of illegal immigration to Cyprus, and said the island could not handle the problem on its own and needed more help from the EU.

The visit by the EPP-ED, with which right-wing DISY is affiliated, sparked an election row on Thursday when George Lillikas, the spokesman for presidential candidate Tassos Papadopoulos, accused DISY of “bringing foreigners to tell Cypriots what to do”. In response, DISY officials accused the former foreign minister of “xenophobia”.


taken from cyprus mail

[umit07]

If the entire problem is the "occupation via the Turkish Army" then why don't GC's gather up their EU army and launch a counter offensive? I'd like to see that!

[Eric dayi]

If the entire problem is the "occupation via the Turkish Army" then why don't GC's gather up their EU army and launch a counter offensive? I'd like to see that!

HUH?

BTW, you left out the invasion by 20,000 Greek soldiers from Greece in 1963 in your sig.

[BC Numismatics]

There's one thing you scummy Turks should realise - Turkey IS NOT a European country! It is a Middle Eastern country like Iran & Iraq.

Aidan.

[miltiades]

If the entire problem is the "occupation via the Turkish Army" then why don't GC's gather up their EU army and launch a counter offensive? I'd like to see that!

HUH?

BTW, you left out the invasion by 20,000 Greek soldiers from Greece in 1963 in your sig.

This invasion you are referring to is it the one that The Geeks sent their aircraft and dropped parachutists while their ships fired on Cypriot positions , while their fighter jets dropped bombs on to Cyprus. Interesting to also know , plonker , how many were killed by this invasion !

[umit07]

" fired on Cypriot positions " You mean greek positions

[Nikitas]

Grossetete= Fat head.

[Eric dayi]

You see what I mean Umit, no matter who the GC/Greek poster is, even those who pretend to be TCs friends, always forget what happened in 1963 and the 20,000 soldiers sent to genocide us TCs.

According to the Greeks and Greeks the war started in 1974 and nothing happened before that. We were living in "harmony" with a little bit of "Internal conflict".

[Nikitas]

So we now all agree that there is an influx of settlers, it is proven by foreigners of the highest credentials.

And this proves that all that verbiage about safeguarding the interests of TCs was all a big pile of crap. It was all a typical case of Turkish cynicism to conquer the island and turn it into a piece of Turkey.

In the end it seems like the people how wanted Enosis might have had a point all along. The rest of us who resisted Enosis and pressed for independence are the suckers. We are going to be left facing a fully Turkified north on our own.

None of these foreign dignitaries even mention in passing that the colonisation of the north by Turkey is a crime against international law. It is accepted as one of those "realities" on the ground etc. So the only problem is that Turkey has established its "reality" on the ground first. Had the junta managed to impose Enosis in 1974 we would have had another "reality". That is what happens when you let politics be handled by pimps!