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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9006

6 August 2005
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/cyprus

05/08/2005 (Agence Europe) - In response to calls from the CDU/CSU not to open membership talks with Turkey on 3 October this year, MEP Cem Özdemir calls for the debate on recognition of Cyprus by Turkey to be more objective. Recalling that it is the Greek Cypriots who, unlike the Turkish Cypriots, have rejected the proposals put forward by Kofi Annan, the German Green member said in a press release that Rauf Denktash brought populism to the northern part of the island. Apparently, he...