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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8699

5 May 2004
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS /
Questions raised by developments in Cyprus far exceed the island's size - Essential principles challenged

At first sight, the Cyprus issue ought not be too much of a headache for the EU. The country in question is one of the smallest in the Union, and won't have any serious economic problems to face, apart from shortfalls on the Turkish side, affecting just a couple of tens of thousands of people, compared to the millions concerned in EU regional policy. But this impression is wrong. In reality, the situation in Cyprus raises general issues, with a weight that far exceeds the size of the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION