Visiting the European Parliament (EP) in Brussels last week, the Chairman of the National Unity Party (UBP) Tahsin Ertugruloglu discussed the Cyprus issue with fifteen EP deputies. Echoeing his long term support for TRNC recognition, Mr. Ertugruloglu stated that there is a stance in the EP which denies the existence of the TRNC. But then Mr. Ertugruloglu noted that after the entry of the Republic of Cyprus into the European Union (EU) in 2004 the Turkish language should become one of the EU official languages. Defending the rights of Turkish Cypriots as Republic of Cyprus – EU citizens, Mr Ertugruolglu who has long de-recognised and demoted as a Greek Cypriot state, demanded that the two seats of the Republic of Cyprus in the EP should be distributed to the Turkish Cypriots. Demanding citizenship rights from a state he does not recognize, Tahsin Ertugruloglu stated that in order for Turkish to be an EU language, one of the member states should submit a formal request to the EU, as this is foreseen by EU law. He recommended that the Republic of Cyprus should submit such a request.