Murataga wrote:Southern Cyprus Adminstration knew they were going to become a full EU member when they voted "NO" to the Annan Plan (which by the way was predominantly a consequence of Papudopoulos`s campaign). They believed that they could gain more by bringing EU states to the table on their side once they were in and take advantage of Turkey`s EU aspirations.
10 years ago the GCs` answer would have been different. It is a diplomatic game where the side who has more bargaining tools asks for more from the other. So save us from the Greek-patriotic comments and stop giving explanations why the Annan plan articles were unacceptable to GCs
As admitted by a few of the TC members on this forum as well the annan plan was heavily weighed towrds the TC's. I've asked the question 4 times on this forum so far, exactly what did they TC's have to conceed in the give and take process that resulted in the annan plan?
It was a suicidal plan, I thank my lucky stars that Pap was there and not Clerides (although it hardly mattered as it would have been voted down anyway.)
I look forward to a balanced plan, one that does not solely cater for Turkey but one that caters for GC's and TC's.