Um, is this going to be a problem?

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This is highly unlikely to impinge on regular blogospheric radar sets across the spectrum, but that doesn’t mean that it’s not of interest: Cyprus vote leaves island split.

More than three-quarters of Greek Cypriots have voted against a UN plan to reunite the island in a referendum.
Turkish Cypriots, in contrast, endorsed the plan with a 65% majority, according to official results.

But both sides had to approve the proposals for Cyprus to be reunified in time for EU membership on 1 May

A Fistful of Euros (who I cheerfully admit is more up to speed on this sort of thing than I am) doesn’t know what’s going to happen next; as it stands, the Greek half of the island is slated to enter the European Union while the Turkish half will not. That will… complicate matters, since as far as I know the Turkish half of the island doesn’t have an internationally recognized government. Hey, I told you that I’m not up to speed on this sort of thing: I merely pass along the story and an encouragement to click the link.

7 thoughts on “Um, is this going to be a problem?”

  1. Cypress Split

    At the airport in Dallas† today, I broke down and bought a week-old Economist,* and in it I read about the then-current status of the Cyprus deal—the European Union made an ill-advised deal with the Greek Cypriots that basically let…

  2. My impression from my centrist European friends is that this is a bad thing – but more importantly, I see that “veto” is nearly the antonym of “vote”, and that’s cool.

  3. Cyprus says ‘Yes’ and ‘No’

    So, Cyprus’ referendums brought a ‘No’ from the Greek side of the island, with over 75% of voters rejecting the plans and a ‘Yes’ from the Turkish side, with over 65% in favour. No one really seems to know where…

  4. I imagine this will cause international sympathy and, more importantly, financial aid to be redirected at the Turkish side of the line, rather than the Greek who just trashed that sympathy.

  6. Cyprus says ‘Yes’ and ‘No’

    So, Cyprus’ referendums brought a ‘No’ from the Greek side of the island, with over 75% of voters rejecting the plans and a ‘Yes’ from the Turkish side, with over 65% in favour. No one really seems to know where…

  7. Cyprus says ‘Yes’ and ‘No’

    So, Cyprus’ referendums brought a ‘No’ from the Greek side of the island, with over 75% of voters rejecting the plans and a ‘Yes’ from the Turkish side, with over 65% in favour. No one really seems to know where…

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