What do Greek Cypriots do in the EU?
Control with prospect of using their veto
Greek Cypriots, who became EU member in 2004, focus all their energy on isolating Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots as Greece did when they became an EU member at the beginning of 1980. It seems that the Greek Cypriots have now taken over Greece’s mission. Researches by EU Cyprus file specialists reveal everything and report the efforts of Greek Cypriots in the EU as: “Greek Cypriots made nearly no contribution in the union after they became a member in 2004.Whenever Turkey and the Cyprus problem is discussed in the executive body, the European Commission and the decision-making body, the EU Council, the Greek Cypriot representatives either look at the ceiling or look at their watches, as if they are not EU members. They do not contribute in important arguments of the EU. They just deal with Turkey and Turkish Cypriots. They are not interested in anything else.” Everyone knows in Brussels that the Greek Cypriot delegation’s mission is to interrupt the Turkey-EU negotiation process and to maintain the isolations. Greek Cypriots also prevent Turkish Cypriot representatives, especially Talat and Soyer, from meeting EU officials. Besides this, Greek Cypriots work hard to prevent Turkish Cypriots being represented in the European Parliament. Those who hide behind Greek Cypriots are: France, Greece, Austria, Denmark, the religious wing and the right wing. These countries and groups use the Greek Cypriots to interrupt the Turkey-EU negotiation process. According to EU specialists the Greek Cypriots accomplish this with the collaboration of Athens behind closed doors. Greek Cypriots, who played the leading role in the EU Council’s decision against Turkey on 8 December, accomplished this via mutual blackmail with French support. An official from the EU Council, who gave information to ABNews, stated that Sweden and the United Kingdom voted for Turkey’s paragraph not to be made more strict but the Greek Cypriots threatened to use their veto on one of the paragraphs to be discussed at the International Conference to be held on 19 December. In this way, benefiting from Greece’s experience in this area and using their blackmailing policy, the Greek Cypriots caused this decision to be taken.
Greek Cypriots become the nightmare of the Turkey-EU Negotiation Process!
EU officials in Brussels stated that the Greek Cypriots have become the nightmare of the Turkey-EU negotiation process as they have begun to use the opening of the articles for negotiation, other than the ones blocked within the Ankara Protocol, as a means of blackmail. With the support of some EU members, the Greek Cypriots controlled the clauses that were to be opened for negotiation. Greek Cypriots and some of the EU members are causing a crisis between Turkey and the EU, but most EU members cannot deal with this subject because of their own problems. Brussels-based EU officials state that Greek Cypriots are trying to continue the policy started by Greece in1980 against Turkey and Cyprus. This continued until the Greek Cypriots became an EU member benefiting from experience of Athens..
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http://www.observercyprus.com/observer/ ... px?id=3359