boulio wrote:It seems in the last few months that various journalist and think tanks are writing and putting forward the great taboo that maybe the best solution for cyprus is truly a agreed partition.I know many in this forum will be up in arms but would a tc state within the EU be better than a dis function confederal model because let's face it that's what has been discussed the last forty years by all cypriot presidents from all ideological spectrums.i have three articles by stavros lygeros a well respected greek journalist,Yusuf Kanli that always believed the cyprus problem ended in 1974 but has come to the realization that maybe two cypriot states working within the EU would be better and the ICG that is turkey's biggest supporter .
All three articles place the tc state within the EU and recognized,however for this recognition the tc state would need to be drastically reduced,respect the EU acquis and property rights of gc that the land is in the tc state.the turkish military would be withdrawn however the tc state can have a defense pact with turkey which is allowed within the EU.Lygeros idea even goes further stating that the two cypriot states even separate would hold on vote in the EU,when the both agree or disagree they vote,bg when the two disagree about something they abstain.guarantees rights would be abolished most likely the sba as well.
http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/e ... ality.aspxhttp://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/cyprio ... sCatID=425http://strategyreports.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/κυπριακό-η-επιστροφή-του-σχεδίου-ανάν/
I know people are going to go ballistic but won't both sides really get what they want and don't say it aloud.the Turks get their recognition and state the gc get a lot of territory back the rest get their property rights and the turkish military threat is gone.the island would become a coop of two states with a wide range of cooperation and in the future if the bonds materialize they can formally join as a true federation with pressure and cohesion with third party rights ahead of cypriot either greek or turkish.
We discussed this hundreds of times in this forum.
By the minute we even accept to discuss partition, the pseudo will be recognized.
Then all that will be left is territory to be given back. Negotiations will drag for eternity and in the end we will get not an inch back.
The worst BBF is better than partition. Because is has the potential to evolve into Unitary state over time.
Oh and if I'm presenting too many obstacles in someone's opinion of this master plan then I'd gladly listen to their ideas of compensating me with their dad's land in Athens, wives home in Istanbul or even their grandparents cottage in London. I'm all ears!
