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[Piratis]

Greece cannot threat anyone DT, wake up! Luxembourg has more clout than Greece, because it is a serious country but threats do not go down well within the EU. Especially by clowns.

It is not a matter of threat Bananiot. Greece is an equal EU member and the national interests of Greece and any other EU country are taken into account. The EU is not the British empire with the British doing whatever they feel in it.

The Germans, British and some others wanted Poland and some other eastern European countries in EU for their own interests. Greece wanted Cyprus in EU for her own interests. So according to the EU spirit EU did what was for the interest of all its members. If the British didn't follow the EU spirit and they didn't accept Cyprus in EU, then Greece would do the same for the countries that the British wanted in EU. Cyprus met all the criteria for joining the EU and the British had no excuse to block our accession without getting a response from Greece.

[Bananiot]

This is what Gunter Verhoigen said after the referendum, that Papadopoulos tricked the EU and people from the Middle East (like Piratis) usually think that it is a sign of manhood to trick people. However, the bill will be paid eventually by us, not Papadopoulos.

[Bananiot]

Britain played an active role in the accession of Cyprus. Without Britain Cyprus would never have entered, because the EU did not want to inherit a political problem.

[Piratis]

Papadopoulos never said that we would accept whatever "solution" is proposed.

Cyprus entered the EU because we met the 100% of the criteria (accepting Annan plan was not a criterion) and because the interests of Greece had to be respected in this EU expansion.

I don't think it is a sign of manhood to trick the good people, but for the enemies of our country anything goes. Still, I think you are very naive if you believe that Papadopoulos made any such promise, and even more naive if you believe that EU is basing her decisions on promises, especially when the "yes" or "no" would come from the Cypriot people not from Papadopoulos (and it is well known from the polls long before Papadopoulos "no", that the people of Cyprus would have voted "no" regardless of what Papadopoulos said)

[Piratis]

Britain played an active role in the accession of Cyprus. Without Britain Cyprus would never have entered, because the EU did not want to inherit a political problem.

Britain didn't want Cyprus in EU. They just didn't have any way to stop it without stopping the whole enlargement.

Also what problem did the Cyprus Problem cause to EU???? On the contrary now they have a very good excuse to keep Turkey out of EU and that is a good thing for most EU countries.

[DT.]

Bananiot, you're sitting typing away that despite the heavweight statusof the EU Council, the EU parliament and the EU Commission as institutions, and the clout their members bring them, one man Mr Tassos Papadopoulos managed to lie his way past them?

An entire country ladies and gentlemen has joined the EU through a lie. And the EU, its members and their governments and all its institutions fell for it hook line and sinker!


Fairy tales Bananiot?

[DT.]

Bananiot, you're sitting typing away that despite the heavyweight status of the EU Council, the EU parliament and the EU Commission as institutions, and the clout their members bring them, one man Mr Tassos Papadopoulos managed to lie his way past them?

An entire country ladies and gentlemen has joined the EU through a lie. And the EU, its members and their governments and all its institutions fell for it hook line and sinker!


Fairy tales Bananiot?

Just realised why you're so sore about this Bananiot. It proved that every now and then even small little African countries like us can get it completely their way. This gives the natives of this nation hope that something like this can be repeated in the future. Something which goes entirely against the grain of all your arguments that we are not worth pittance and sould be content with the scraps our much more powerful adversaries are willing to throw at us.

[RAFAELLA]

Papadopoulos has written his own chapter in Cyprus history.
He did what he thought it was the best for his country.

Whatever it is said now it doesn't realy matter, it belongs to the past.

May he rest in peace.

[Paphitis]

This is what Gunter Verhoigen said after the referendum, that Papadopoulos tricked the EU and people from the Middle East (like Piratis) usually think that it is a sign of manhood to trick people. However, the bill will be paid eventually by us, not Papadopoulos.

Look at you clowns!

You have Cypriot Citizens criticising and undermining their own country and complaining about their own entry into the EU.

It is almost like some of you will not be satisfied until Cyprus is completely destroyed.

Cyprus became a member of the EU, because the EU had no other choice. You can all thank Greece for this unexpected EU admission, and think twice when some of you criticise Greece for not doing anything for Cyprus.

The EU has strengthened our hand, and it appears that some of you are unhappy about this.

Tassos Papadopoulos also did everything he could possibly do to protect the interests of Cypriots. He even tried to change some Annan Plan chapters only to have his every single recommendation rejected by the UN.