"The Hodja phenomenon
By Stavros Lygeros
Ankara is laughing. It ran the gauntlet of its so-called evaluation for European membership without making the slightest compromise, when the EU should have frozen all negotiations until Turkey met its conditions. Meanwhile, although Athens and Nicosia could not have imposed any unilateral sanctions, they could have avoided signing an agreement which confirms Turkey’s special status in the negotiations. Or they could have announced that they will block EU funds until Turkey implements a customs union agreement with Cyprus."
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