e approval of both population groups separately. I have sympathy for the Greeks and Greek Cypriots who would prefer Turkey to resign itself to a minority position in an overwhelmingly Greek-speaking country, as was the case between 1960 and 1964, but that remains impossible.
The division will therefore continue to be in place for the time being. I welcome the fact that the European Commission has looked for ways to prevent the Turkish-speaking minority, who wanted peace and conciliation and voted in favour of the peace plan in the referendum, from being penalised for the fact that it was impossible on 1 May to include their area in the EU. As long as the present situation persists …
Queiró (PPE-DE ),
   . Irrespective of the result of the referendum held in Cyprus, the EU must continue to provide financial support for the Turkish Cypriot community, given that this would clearly not jeopardise compliance with the EU’s position on this matter.
I therefore voted in favour of the report by Mrs Rothe (A6-0032/2004) – Instrument of financial support (Cyprus). 
Ribeiro e Castro (PPE-DE ),
   . The proposal for a Council regulation before us is intended to promote the economic development of the Turkish Cypriot community, thereby giving practical form to the intention expressed in the Council Statement of 26 April 2004 ‘to put an end to the isolation of the Turkish Cypriot community and to facilitate the reunification of Cyprus by encouraging the economic development of the Turkish Cypriot community’.
Indeed, the Turkish Cypriot community expressed a clear wish to ensure that its future lies within the EU in its referendum held on 24 April 2004, a wish that has similarly been expressed by the EU on a number of occasions. Nevertheless, the overall framework, as we know, ultimately made it impossible to use the amount provided for in the Financial Perspectives for 2004-2006.
I therefore agree that the EU should provide assistance to the Turkish Cypriot community, particularly in the areas of economic devel