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[Oceanside50]

Could double enosis be the solution?

After 40 years the Gc and Tc are nowhere close to finding a solution in fact the two are growing farther apart

*trillions upon trillions of euros worth of hydrocarbons lay around Cyprus
*the Eu is relying on these Hydrocarbons in order to reignite its economy
*Greece and Turkey are in a deadlock concerning the Aegean and its hydrocarbons
*with the Cyprus problem looming the hydrocarbons are in jeapordy of falling to anti Eu hands
*cyprus can never fully join the western alliance
*partition has been mentioned recently but that only half solves the problem

Could the old British idea of double union be the answer?

Discuss!!

[Get Real!]

Could double enosis be the solution?

Isn’t that the constant aim of Cypriot traitors and the enemies of Cyprus like Greece and Turkey?

So are you suggesting that we go along with them?

[Nikitas]

Bulent Ecevit who was the Turkish prime minister during the 1974 invasion, and for several years after said Turkey rules out double union because it would make Greece a Middle Eastern as well as a European power, upgrading it internationally and strategically. So for the Turks that option is out.

Double union would create a 70 mile new, international frontier, between Greece and Turkey. Is that wise?

Do you know if the TCs and GCs want to turn their island into two provinces of foreign countries? Have you checked?

Hydrocarbons have been p;rovisionally located south of Crete and in the Ionian Sea, the Aegean has not given indications of hydrocarbon deposits despite years of seismic surveys by both Greece and Turkey. The south of Crete and the Ionian are beyond any dispute by Turkey, they are way the hell away from the Aegean. In the Ionian Greece and Italy have signed an EEZ demarcation accord, and in the south of Crete the only nation involved is Libya and an accord is in the works.

So overall the benefits to Greece are for the situation to remain as is, and Cyprus so far does not seem to have anything to gain from any change to the status quo. The big losers are the TCs who are stuck with Turkey's grandiose plans to some day take over the whole of Cyprus and that does not seem to sit well with the plans of bigger players than the Turks. It is easier to deal with Cypriots about the oil and gas than Turks, especially of the Erdoghan maximalist kind.

[Sotos]

We are already EU members ... there is nothing to be gained for us from such thing... it would only benefit the Turks. So NO!

[repulsewarrior]

...I cannot think of a worse solution.

[Pyrpolizer]

Could double enosis be the solution?

After 40 years the Gc and Tc are nowhere close to finding a solution in fact the two are growing farther apart

*trillions upon trillions of euros worth of hydrocarbons lay around Cyprus
*the Eu is relying on these Hydrocarbons in order to reignite its economy
*Greece and Turkey are in a deadlock concerning the Aegean and its hydrocarbons
*with the Cyprus problem looming the hydrocarbons are in jeapordy of falling to anti Eu hands
*cyprus can never fully join the western alliance
*partition has been mentioned recently but that only half solves the problem

Could the old British idea of double union be the answer?

Discuss!!

Trillions???
At best the Aphrodite block will deliver some 20 billion worth of gas. That's not even viable to build a liquification plan.
Our 'wise men" just hope to find enough gas in other plots to pay our depts to troika.

Double Enosis or partition or whatever you call it was discussed 100s of times in this forum...The last one was just a month ago...