Turkey Will Bring Sun To EU

However, he added; If you solve the issue at once, it will be positive for you to get a date to commence accession talks. On what the attitude of EU will be if the Cyprus issue is not solved until May 1 but some positive steps are taken, Prodi said; The more positive developments take place the better. I cannot promise anything. Cyprus cannot remain divided. It will be solved in the future if not today. Therefore the earlier the issue is solved the better it will be for Turkey. Prodi re-stated that EU did not want to import problems.

Prodi drew attention to the fact that there was a lack of confidence in Turkey that as she was not Christian she would not be accepted to EU. He said; Turkey is a big country having a big population, this is a fact. Regarding the Copenhagen Criteria, Prodi said that Turkey still had some points to accomplish and that; Criteria are same for everyone, for every candidate country.