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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8597

3 December 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/cyprus
Commission hoping for election victory of Turkish Cypriot opposition on 14 December to relaunch reunification process - warning against all possible repression of opposition demonstrators

Brussels, 02/12/2003 (Agence Europe) - According to the Commissioner for Enlargement, Günter Verheugen, the Commission considers that the reunification process in Cyprus could be relaunched again in view of facilitating accession of the reunified island to the EU on 1 May 2004 if the Turkish Cypriot opposition wins the election on 14 December in the northern part of the island. Addressing the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Belgian Senate (which is preparing a report of recommendations on...

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