Turkey explains its refusal by the EU's failure (as a result of a veto by the Greek Cypriot government in Nicosia) to fulfill its own promise to open up trade with Northern Cyprus, which is under Turkish rule. The EU made these promises at the Council of Europe in December 2003 and formally at the Council of Foreign Ministers in April 2004. But so far it has not fulfilled them. So it is Ankara - and not the EU - that has a legitimate point here.
It would be deeply unjust and outright foolish if the EU commission's report holds Turkey responsible for its refusal to make further concessions to Greek Cyprus (now an EU member), while refusing to blame the government in Nicosia, which is the real cause of the blockage.
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http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/jos ... scher.html