"It is very difficult to imagine that accession negotiations [with Turkey] would start in this situation." This was the Commission's blunt warning to the Ankara on Tuesday, after it emerged that talks to reunify Cyprus had failed.
By rejecting the plan to form a loose federation, put forward by the UN with EU backing, Rauf Denktash, the Turkish Cypriot leader, plunged EU-Turkey relations into a legal and political minefield.
The Commission is now seeking to shift responsibility fo...
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