TY - GEN N1 - 29 cm N2 - Defining the Cyprus Green Line is a contested issue. Since the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Cyprus (RoC) in 2004, the EU has had to balance between two conflicting definitions of the Green Line. The first, set by international law and the United Nations (UN) resolutions, is that of a peace line that is only a temporary internal discontinuity within the RoC, separating both communities until a settlement is agreed. The second, championed by Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots’ pseudo-state, is that of an international border between both independent communities. The EU has had to apply both definitions at the same time, legally and pragmatically, which has heavily hindered its own peacebuilding efforts in Cyprus and reduced its actorness in Eastern Mediterranean geopolitics. L1 - http://rcin.org.pl/Content/211569/PDF/WA51_248212_r2021-t40_EuropaXXI-Mouel.pdf M3 - Text J2 - Europa XXI 40 (2021) PY - 2021 EP - 82 KW - border KW - conflict resolution KW - Cyprus KW - European Union KW - Green Line KW - Turkish Cypriot KW - Turkey A1 - Le Mouel, Pierre. Autor PB - IGiPZ PAN VL - 40 CY - Warszawa SP - 71 T1 - The Green Line in Cyprus: external border or internal discontinuity of the EU? UR - http://rcin.org.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/211569 ER -