"Turkey's EU course should not be linked to Cyprus settlement
08/02/2008
Members of the European Parliament said on Friday that Turkey's EU accession course should not be linked to the solution of the Cyprus problem.
They pointed out that if a Cyprus settlement was not found soon, the Greek Cypriots were in danger of becoming a minority due to the continuing inflow of Turkish settlers to the Turkish occupied areas of the Republic.
Speaking at a press conference following the end of a two-day meeting of the Bureau of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament in Nicosia, Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament Joseph Daul referred to the importance of helping all EU neighbours in the Mediterranean achieve growth, adding that the EU's aim was not to impose itself on them but to facilitate the harmonious functioning of the region. He added that Europe should have political positions."
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