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[Viewpoint]

What is the official GC reaction to Erdogans speech, will they now pull out of the meetings?

[Sotos]

Why pull out? The negotiations are going nowhere and Erdogans comments made it even more clear that the reason for the absence of progress is the Turkish intransigence.

[Viewpoint]

is that it?

[bill cobbett]

Well the MEP Andrew Duff says the following about the outbursts...

..."Andrew Duff, who had high level talks on both sides of the island recently and who is a member of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee, added: ''Instead of moving on from the failed Annan Plan of 2004, the Turks have actually gone backwards - thereby putting themselves alongside the reactionary nationalism of the Greek Cypriot Church”..."

From http://famagusta-gazette.com/mep-turkis ... 546-69.htm

So there we have it,... Iman Erdogan spouting out rubbish from the top of a minaret on a par with Archbishop Chrisostomos' spewings from the pulpit.

[Hermes]

What is the official GC reaction to Erdogans speech, will they now pull out of the meetings?

When a child is having a tantrum it's best to heed the following advice:

Power tantrums are the result of children not getting what they want. Parents often feel their only options are to give in or argue, which are both counterproductive. Instead, recognize the child's disappointment at not being able to control the limits. Then shift the focus to what the child can control, by offering choices within the limits you've set. For example, "I know you'd like to have a cookie before dinner. If you're hungry, you can either have a carrot or some grapes." If the child still tries to influence you with a tantrum, restate the choices once, then disengage from the power struggle and ignore any further tantrum behavior.

[bill cobbett]

Well the silence from the CYs living in the Occupied Areas on the Erdogan visit is... well, it's far from silent...

These are for you VP, some more pickies of CYs being roughed up by paramilitaries in the pay of the TA...

[Kikapu]

What is the official GC reaction to Erdogans speech, will they now pull out of the meetings?

I think CF member Iceman's signature best describes a proper response to Erdogan's lunacy.

Never argue with idiots. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience...Dilbert

[Hermes]

Erdogan's outburst has not gone unnoticed in Europe. Looks like no-one is impressed...

Erdoğan under fire from Europe for Cyprus ultimatum

A top German conservative suggested that the EU should break off its accession talks with Turkey if the country goes ahead with its threatened boycott during Greek Cyprus’ upcoming presidency of the bloc, a leading British member of the European Parliament accused the Turkish government of clinging to “outmoded hostile rhetoric.”...

The secretary-general of Bavaria’s Christian Social Union arm of the Christian Democrats, Alexander Dobrindt, said that anyone who would stop talking to the European Union has no business seeking membership in the bloc.

“The EU cannot continue to tolerate Erdoğan’s threats and attempts at blackmail,” Dobrindt was quoted as saying by the English-service of Deutsche Welle in an interview to be published in Thursday’s edition of the Münchner Merkur newspaper. “Once again, Erdoğan is insulting an EU member, and the only response to that can be to definitively break off accession talks with Turkey,” he said.

Liberal British MEP Andrew Duff, a member of the Friends of Turkey, an informal parliamentary friendship group within the European Parliament, was rather bitter in his written statement released on Thursday.

“Mr. Erdoğan and Mr. Davutoğlu have missed another great opportunity to reconcile the two Cypriot communities and, by doing so, to resurrect the prospect of Turkish membership in the European Union,” Duff said.

“Not only does the Turkish government cling to outmoded hostile rhetoric but it raises an entirely new obstacle to improving relations with the EU. The two gentlemen must have been told that there is no chance at all of the EU changing its long-standing decision about the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU; the fact is that it is the turn of Cyprus to take the chair of the Council in July next year,” he said.

In Athens, Prime Minister Papandreou said Erdoğan’s discourse is dealing a blow to Ankara’s policy of “zero-problem with neighbors,” while also voicing his government’s support for a solution leading to a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation in Cyprus where EU acquis will be implemented.

http://www.todayszaman.com/news-251266- ... matum.html?

[Hermes]

Why pull out? The negotiations are going nowhere and Erdogans comments made it even more clear that the reason for the absence of progress is the Turkish intransigence.

Agreed. Erdogan has not only undermined the basis of the talks, he's also spectacularly undermined the basis of Turkey's strategy which was to blame the G/Cs for the talk's inevitable failure. All he's done is proved the G/Cs have been right all along about Turkish insincerity.

You'd think that having got an unofficial deadline, Erdogan would just keep quiet. But the fool just couldn't help himself. And they say Turkish strategy is to stay "one step ahead". Bloody clowns!

[kurupetos]

It's sad to see the few right-thinking TCs living in the occupied areas being tortured and silenced by the 'trnc' pseudo-police and Erdogan's henchmen.