Below (After Mikkie2's quote) is a Quote from the Cyprus Mail which clearly shows Turkey's growing influence in Europe, and if you can read between the lines, how Turkey will eventually get into the EU with or without a resumption of the Cyprus issue. A BBF would surely guarantee Turkey's influence over the ENTIRE island much more than let's say a two republic deal where the Greek Cypriots can apply its own internal Republic laws above EU law - if it wanted to! However, under a BBF model, and with VICE PRESIDENTIAL Veto rights for the Turkish Cypriots, let me tell you that the Greek Cypriot will lose any political battle at home or abroad - being within the EU. Of every Greek Cypriot politician I have spoken to lately, they all express their discontent with any type of BBF Model, where a good few have even said that they may even go back on their historical position of not accepting partition and actually endorse it for the sack of not being over run in the future by an EU-Member Turkey.
Mikkie2 Said:
You see, whatever 'solution' Christofias and Talat agree to will be virtually meaningless within the EU because anything that goes beyond the basic founding principles of the EU will eventually be changed.
That's only true until Turkey becomes an EU member state, then what? I would think about that again if I were you. Remember, the basic founding principals of the EU for an EU-Member Turkey would actually work for Turkey, but against the Greek Cypriots. Your population and influence will be so small, your demands for freedom of movement and settlement calls for today will be to your lose and not gain - you need to start thinking over the scope of the Turkish Cypriot community and consider 100Million Turks instead. Christofias may be a blind Socialist heading your government, but your GC policy policy makers in congress are not stupid.
Please read the following from the Cyrpus Mail....and may other newspapers that say exactly the same thing.......
An agreement was signed in mid-July between Turkey and the EU to guarantee safe passage of gas from 2014, the date of completion of the pipeline – a thousand kilometres across mostly mountainous terrain.
Turkey is the key to connecting the Middle East with Europe. Turkey is now a friend of Europe, and given EU president Barroso’s vote of thanks to Turkey for signing the agreement, their application for EU membership is now viewed favourably by the majority of EU member states and the media.
Turkey has water, the world’s next most valuable resource after oil. They have more than enough of the stuff and a pipeline going in the opposite direction, supplying drought ridden Syria, Israel, Jordan, etc. and the Republic of Cyprus if ever we were to humble ourselves sufficiently (a pipeline to the north under the sea is planned in the near future) would make Turkey the centre of the universe for many thirsty customers.
