This is how the political leaders of Ireland tried to convince their voters to support the Lisbon Treaty in 2008. They failed, but they came out of the vote with their dignity intact and were able to push for passing the Treaty the next year, convincing voters that the necessary assurances had been made by the EU to allay Irish fears over loss of sovereignty and various other issues.
Leadership Mr. Christofias. I assume you are aware of the concept.
Συνεχίστε να διαβάζετε για το Leadership Mr. Christofias. Θα έχετε ακουστά.
The programme series “My truth” by Soula Hatzikiriakou constitutes a qualitative leap forward for Cybc. For the first time there is such an extended reference and such an open condemnation in g/c television of the crimes committed by g/c nationalist paramilitaries in the period 1963-1974 against t/c civilians. Truths that were known but denied and [...]
I have stopped believing that reunification can be achieved through negotiations of the two sides’ leaders. It has been tried enough times in the past 50 years to convince us that it cannot succeed. The elected leaders are inevitably products of the existing political systems of the two sides and always have and always will [...]
Once again Cyprus is at a crossroads. We are in anticipation that this time a dispute we have been born into will be resolved, our island will be reunited. Well, at least some of us. The prevailing atmosphere in the North following the great disappointment of 2004 referendum is an increasing apathy at best and [...]
Today there was a public intervention by the bicommunal peace initiative “United Cyprus” in both south and north of the Ledra Street checkpoint. People gathered with pickets and banners in Greek, Turkish and English claiming that “Cyprus is too small to be divided” and “Peace cannot be stopped in Cyprus”, demanding “Solution Now” and “United [...]
On Tuesday 26.1.2010, the coldest night of the year, we had an excellent event with over 150 people. Despite the short time we had to put it together and the communication difficulties we had a well attended event that in the words of Takis Hadjidemetriou was an event making history. Making History because we are [...]
Συνεχίστε να διαβάζετε για το An event making history: Reunification now!
The solution of the Cyprus problem and the re-unification of the country constitutes a rapture with the existing socio-political status quo and the transition to a new historical era. The magnitude and the multiple dimensions of this rapture are often difficult to conceptualize, since we are incapable of thinking outside the partitionist context. Here lies [...]
Συνεχίστε να διαβάζετε για το Reunification: social meaning and political significance
William Ralph Inge famously said «A nation is a society that nourishes a common delusion about its ancestry and shares a common hatred for its neighbors.» There’s no need even to argue that nationalism is the root of Cyprus’ division. What was for some people the ideals of freedom and self-determination in a post-colonial wolrd [...]
January 2010 has been set as the month of intensive negotiations. The negotiation process is gradually coming into a crucial phase. It has been the expectation that by now the process would have been at a more advanced stage but given the state of affairs it is now time for the Civil Movement on both [...]
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