Turkey seeks support for EU bid, but France gives little

Press quote (The Wall Street Journal)
Katinka Barysch
13 October 2010

There is no sign of the EU moving to open up to Northern Cyprus, while Mr Erdogan is unlikely to risk losing face by moving to open Turkish ports ahead of elections next June, said Katinka Barysch, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform, a London-based think-tank, attending the seminar. "I don't see any way out," she said.