Akel and Letymbiotis engage in tit-for-tat argument over EU and Turkey

Akel and government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis were on Saturday engaged in a running battle of press releases denouncing one another , with seven statements flying back and forth, and opposing each other’s positions on the European Union’s plans to boost its military defences.

Akel had on Friday said that the European Council’s resolution to progress “European rearmament” constituted a “preparation for war” and “sealed the EU’s dangerous course of militarism”.