2023-Cyprus-Country-Report
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CYPRUSCOUNTRY REPORT <strong>2023</strong><br />
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS<br />
<strong>Cyprus</strong> joined the EU on 1 May 2004 together with nine other European countries.<br />
Under the terms of its accession the entire island is considered technically to be<br />
a member of the European Union, despite its continued division and the fact that<br />
the government of the Republic has no effective authority in the northern part of the<br />
island. However, the terms of the acquis communautaire, the EU’s body of laws, have<br />
been suspended in the north. <strong>Cyprus</strong> is a member of the United Nations and most<br />
of its agencies, as well as the Commonwealth of Nations, World Bank, International<br />
Monetary Fund and Council of Europe. In addition, the country has signed the General<br />
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee<br />
The Presidential Palace<br />
Agency Agreement (MIGA).<br />
POLITICAL PARTIES<br />
Dominant<br />
Political Parties:<br />
Democratic Rally (DISY),<br />
a centre-right party<br />
Progressive Party of the Working<br />
People (AKEL), a left-wing party<br />
Democratic Party (DIKO),<br />
a centre-right party<br />
Smaller<br />
Political Parties:<br />
Movement of Social Democracy<br />
(EDEK), a social democratic party<br />
Ecologists Movement, also known<br />
as the <strong>Cyprus</strong> Green Party<br />
National People’s Front (ELAM),<br />
an ultranationalist party<br />
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