The European Coal and Steel Community Is the Answer to the Drilling Problem in Cyprus Where there is a will, there is a perfect way Policy Note / Nilgün Arısan Eralp  

EU is known to be a successful peace project. It all started after the II World War with the joint management of coal and steel that are the essential elements of weapons. European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), by pooling coal and steel production, has made war between historic opponents France and Germany “not merely unthinkable, but materially impossible”. It is very difficult to understand why EU has been watching a lingering and even escalating drilling problem in Cyprus and impose counterproductive sanctions rather that coming up with constructive proposals. It has the best example of all: ECSC.

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