As a cio strategic hours but several Foreign Policy disputes are currently dividing the e. U. Different members are blocking progress posing the question is the unionists really able to exert united influence on a global level while lets find out our chief in your correspondence alexander phenomena is in brussels for you alexander good to see you know there have been now over 7 weeks of protests and the worst why has cyprus particularly been so determined to block sanctions. Well cyprus is saying they are not against sanctions on belarus officials for the violence that we have seen on the streets and minsk and other cities per se but there are saying if the European Union is willing to impose sanctions on belarus it also has to impose sanctions on turkey for what cyprus is calling the illegal exploitation for gas in its territorial waters cyprus is saying we cannot operate on a double standard here if we are willing to take a version in a crisis outside of the European Union and we als