Hermes wrote:Byron wrote:This is because Cyprus is a very small island of no major interest to the EU or to the US. It is just a pawn in a big end game.
You do realise that Cyprus is part of the EU? That this gives it a say in EU decisions and that Cypriot court decisions are enforceable throughout the EU. Small island it may be but it has access to all the diplomatic and legal protection of the EU.
Now Turkey is knocking at the EU's door again. And Cyprus is still blocking Turkey's path. So of course there is a stalemate. But that is just Turkey being a bit slow in realising that it can't have its way over Cyprus...
Turkey is no where near knocking on anyones door and has lost momentum in her EU perspective your "leverage" has all but gone out of the window.