Partisan Responses to the European Union in Cyprus

• Autores: Yiannos Katsourides
• Localización: Revue d'integration europeenne= Journal of european integration, ISSN 0703-6337, Vol. 36, Nº 7, 2014, págs. 641-658
• Idioma: inglés
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  • In Cyprus, the EU cleavage has never gained a prominent position in domestic party competition, at least hitherto. However, the EU could become politicized as a result of recent economic developments. The article analyses party responses to the EU and suggests that Cyprus party politics towards the EU are largely determined by: (a) strategic factors relating to party competition and governmentability, (b) the country’s specific circumstances, i.e. the unresolved Cyprus problem and (c) public opinion. Nonetheless, a turn to the economy is already evident in most recent times.