On 8 November 2001 Denktaş took an initiative and invited Clerides to talks and sent a letter to UNSG Annan confirming his commitment to an equality-based new partnership settlement. The following talks only re-exposed the huge gap between the sides. The visit of Annan to Cyprus in May 2002, his meeting with the two leaders in Paris in September and their meeting in New York in October did not result in progress. On 11 November Annan presented his first “Comprehensive Settlement” proposal, followed by four more amended versions based on the responses of the sides. On 16 April 2003 GCs signed the Treaty of Accession to the EU. Despite this, five days later, TCs took a groundbreaking confidence-building step and unilaterally allowed freedom of movement between the two sides. As agreed, the settlement plan finalised by the UNSG was to be submitted to simultaneous referenda on the two sides on 24 April 2004. On 7 April 2004, GC Leader Papadopoulos called on GCs to reject the plan. EU Enlargement Commissioner Verheugen’s stern reaction to this was that they had been cheated. In the simultaneous referenda 76% of GCs refused and 65% of TCs accepted the UN Plan. Despite this, so-called “Cyprus” became a member of the EU on 1 May 2004.