Merkel’s Nightmare: Cyprus Threatens to Block EU-Ankara Migration Deal
SputnikNews.com
12.03.2016
Cyprus will not lift the veto on Turkey’s admission to the European Union unless an agreement on Cyprus reunification is signed.
Brussels has agreed a deal with Ankara, according to which the EU would double its financial aid to Turkey (from €3 billion to €6 billion) and consider imposing a visa-free regime for Turks coming to the Schengen zone.
In addition, Ankara has demanded from Brussels to open five new negotiating chapters and accelerate talks on Turkey’s accession to the bloc if an agreement on Cyprus reunification is sealed.
“We will not lift our veto on those chapters,” Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides told Politico.
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