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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 836, member: 39&quot;]As for Cyprus, both options are viable. &quot;The Union reiterates its preference for a reunited Cyprus to join the European Union on the basis of a comprehensive settlement, and urges the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities to seize the opportunity and reach an agreement before the end of the accession negotiations this year.&quot; http://eu2002.dk/news/news_read.asp?iInformationID=23826</p><p><br /></p><p>This also means that, if the two parties do not reach such an agreement, only the Southern (Greek) part will - most likely - be an EU member. For general information about the enlargement see</p><p>http://europa.eu.int/comm/enlargement/index_en.html</p><p><br /></p><p>The new member states will not &quot;automatically&quot; be part of Euroland. But they cannot simply decide to stay out of the currency union either; only Denmark and the UK had that option due to the Maastricht Treaty. Of course the example of Sweden shows that, if an EU member state is not willing to join Euroland, there are ways of &quot;voluntarily not meeting&quot; the criteria ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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