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As has already been pointed out in response to similar questions, the Council has persisted in underlining its commitment to pursuing efforts aimed at the reunification of Cyprus. It hopes, furthermore, that all Cypriots may soon live together, as Cypriot and European citizens belonging to a reunified island within the European Union.
From this perspective, the European Union has undertaken to examine measures capable of ending the isolation of the Turkish Cypriot community and of facilitating the reunification of Cyprus by encouraging economic development within the Turkish Cypriot community. Certain measures have already been taken to this end, such as the ‘Green Line’ Regulation, which was adopted in 2004 and recently amended in order to broaden its scope and increase its effectiveness.
Important work has also been carried out focusing on other measures, namely Commission proposals concerning, on the one hand, the instrument of financial support aimed at promoting economic development within the Turkish Cypriot community and, on the other hand, exchanges with areas where the government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exert effective control. Adopting those two proposals is not yet possible, as there remain problems to be overcome, particularly as regards direct exchanges.
It is to this last proposal that the Member makes particular reference in his question. The hypothesis put forward by Commissioner Rehn at the January meeting of Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, with regard to a possible reworking of the proposal’s legal basis, has not yet been presented to the Council. In actual fact, the responsibility lies with the Commission to rework its proposal in this way, if it so desires. Obviously, the Presidency cannot tell at this stage what the Council’s decisions might be in this regard.
I must point out, however, that legal opinions exist which do not confirm the approach taken by the Commission regarding the legal basis that it initially adopted. By means of the Presidency, the Council can once again assure the Member that it will pursue its efforts to promote the island’s economic integration and improved relations between the two Cypriot communities and with the European Union."@en1
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