EU Warns Turkey After Cyprus Talks Fail

"If by the time of the report at the end of 2004 there is still no settlement on Cyprus, we will be facing a weird situation where a candidate country knocking at the door does not recognize one of our own member states," Filori said.
The Cyprus talks collapsed early on Tuesday after the minority Turkish Cypriots rejected a deal and the United Nations announced the end of its long efforts to reunite the island before it accedes to the EU in May 2004.