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Significance
The second round pits against each other two very different visions for settling the division of Cyprus. In one, negotiations resume for a settlement problem under a power-sharing federal model. In the other, Greek and Turkish Cypriots negotiate formal partition and two internationally recognised states.
Impacts
The second round will present voters with a clear choice between pro-reunification and pro-two-state candidates.
Tatar’s administration is now in a minority after the People’s Party pulled out objecting to the reopening of Varosha beach.
A solution of the Cyprus problem, it has recently been estimated, would lift all-island GDP by EUR14bn-17bn (USD16.4bn-19.9bn).
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