La Question de l’Élargissement de l’Union Européenne à Chypre et à la Turquie Durant l’Année 2000

Abstract

Cyprus’ EU candidacy has progressed satisfactorily since the Helsinki meeting of the European Council largely because Cyprus has already completed 17 of 29 files related to community acquis. Logically Cyprus will be among the candidates that will have finished membership negotiations by the end of the year 2002 and will be able to join the EU in 2003. This logic stands since lack of a solution to the Cypriot question can not be considered as an obstacle to the island’s candidacy. Meanwhile Turkey is dragging its feet along the road to EU membership. Given the serious political, economic and financial crises that shook the country in 2000 and early 2001, Turkey’s prospects for joining the EU seem more and more distant than before.