‘This Turkey has no place in the European family’ – Cypriot MEPs react to report

Cypriot members of the European parliament on Tuesday took to the floor of the Strasbourg chamber to call for the European Union to treat Turkey as a threat and not as a partner, as MEPs debated the parliament’s annual report on Turkey.

Disy’s Loukas Fourlas began his intervention with a touch of sarcasm, saying, “I welcome the rapporteurs’ attempt to square the circle, to put the words ‘Turkey’ and ‘progress’ in the same sentence”, adding that “it is a very difficult task, because the two...