EU's Mogherini says a united Cyprus inside EU would be 'game changer'

Solving the Cyprus issue and reuniting the island inside the European Union would be a "game changer" for the country, the Union and the region, the EU's High Representative Federica Mogherini said in the European Parliament plenary on Wednesday, during a debate on Turkey's drilling activities around the island.
"What I want to stress is this - I said also in the beginning: sanctions and the framework of introducing sanctions, is an instrument to put pressure and to try and provoke a change. The objective here is to change the attitude, stop the drillings, and - I am surprised not many of you did not underline this - try to help the UN finding what would be the real solution the settlement of the Cyprus issue", she explained.
"This would be it. And a united Cyprus inside the European Union. This would be the game changer, not only for the drilling activities but also for...

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