NICOSIA - British Labour MP Andy Love has said that Turkey should accept the legitimacy of the existing members of the EU as well as basic principles on which the EU is based, if it wants to proceed with the EU course.
''We simply can not tolerate another member of the EU which does not accept the legitimacy of the existing members of the Union. This has to change,'' Love said addressing a ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of Cypriot Social Democrats Movement EDEK in London.
Pointing out that Britain has perhaps been the best friend of Turkey in Europe and supports its membership of the European Union, Love stressed that ''this can not be gifted away without significant change.''
''We need to do much more in terms of bringing pressure to bear on Turkey. I can not see how Turkey can go forward for membership without accepting the basic principles on which the EU is based,'' he concluded.