Critical of the EU's decision to set up an informal working group on halloumi appeared to be "υπεx".
In a statement late yesterday afternoon, the "suplex" said that "the EU has shown that by creating the so-called informal working group, it can interfere in our internal affairs and even go so far as to propose the election of Turkish Cypriot members of the group on its own".
He also referred to a statement by Tahsin Ertugrouloglu last December about a "dangerous period" regarding the issue of registration of haloumi, because the Greek Cypriot authorities - as he had said - were the delegated authority and the control of Turkish Cypriot haloumi producers would be subject to them.
The "suplex" argues that by leaving out the "competent authorities" of the pseudo-state and by consulting with the Greek side, which is a member of the EU, the EU is enabling the Greek side to decide on behalf of the pseudo-state. "Issues such as the recognition of the E/C administration and dispute tribunals that may arise during the registration compliance check and the selection of the members of the informal working group of the Halo Committee by the EU should also be considered in this context. It is also useful to underline that one of the heads of the aforementioned group will be the European Commission Commissioner for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE), headed by the Greek Cypriot Commissioner Stella Kyriakidou," the "suplex" adds.
The EU, it continues, believes that the TC "people" are in need and therefore without choice. "The necessary steps must be taken to break this perception as soon as possible."
For this reason, it says, they must vigorously defend the new vision of the pseudo-state for a solution to the Cyprus problem, which provides for the acceptance of sovereign equality and equal international status, and continue to see this new vision as a guiding principle in foreign policy-related matters.
Source: CNA
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