EU countries to urge Greek Cypriot acceptance of plan

Greek daily Politis said yesterday that EU countries were coordinating their efforts to persuade the Greek Cypriots, whose nation is due to join the Union on May 1. The article said that Great Britain, one of the island’s guarantor nations, was leading this campaign and had prepared a three-page document intended to allay the Greek side’s concerns about the plan and highlight its advantages.

Another Greek daily, Fileleftheros, also reported that the European Commission and the European Parliament were planning to hold a joint meeting three days before the referendums on the island to convince both Turkish and Greek Cypriots to approve the plan.