A United Nations–brokered peace settlement in Cyprus…
1996 CE to 2007 CE
The proposed settlement is opposed by both the president of Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos, and Turkish Cypriot president Rauf Denktaş; in the referendum, while sixty-five percent of Turkish Cypriots accept the proposal, seventy-six percent of Greek Cypriots reject it.
As a result, Cyprus enters the European Union divided, with the effects of membership suspended for Northern Cyprus.