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NOT GOING WELL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan used a visit to (northern) Nicosia on Tuesday to repeat his provocative claim that talks on the future of Cyprus can only happen between “the two states.” He came to mark the 47th anniversary of his country’s invasion of Cyprus, in yet another move that will complicate Turkish relations with the EU. Turkey doesn’t have “another 50 years to waste,” Erdoğan said. Nektaria Stamouli has the report.
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DEBATING THE RULE OF LAW
POLAND’S SUMMER SHOWDOWN: The European Commission on Tuesday issued an ultimatum to the Polish government, led by the Law and Justice (PiS) party: It must comply with an EU Court of Justice ruling from last week that found Warsaw’s disciplinary procedures for judges violate European law. Poland must implement the decision and end the operations of its Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court by August 16, C