Ankara ever cheekier vis-à-vis EU

The EU Commissioner for Enlargement Štefan Füle visited Nikosia on Tuesday to discuss Cyprus' EU Council presidency beginning on July 1, which Turkey refuses to recognise. The liberal daily Phileleftheros calls on the EU partners to exert more pressure on Ankara to accept the EU's rules and institutions: "Europe's politicians must deal with an issue they can't avoid - namely Turkey's behaviour regarding Cyprus, a member of the EU. … The challenge consists in finding a way to bring Ankara's behaviour in line with the rules according to which the European Union functions. Europeans have the instruments to put pressure on Ankara. And they must do so, because it's clear that the other approach - namely playing up to the Turks - wasn't effective. The more tolerant and flattering the EU is towards Ankara, the cheekier it gets."

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