Most of its supporters vehemently oppose football reunification without a just political settlement.
Reaffirming the goals of nuclear nonproliferation, peace and Korean unification would send a message to North Korea that it cannot continue to ignore South Korea with impunity, that it cannot implement a nuclear accord or enjoy a "soft landing" (peaceful reunification) without first building a relationship of respect.
Most agree, however, that reconciliation over the field is unlikely without progress on Cypriot reunification, the prospects for which are dim.
The Kuomintang, which once waged a fierce civil war against the Communists on the mainland, now advocates maintaining the status quo between China and Taiwan without ruling out eventual reunification.
"As long as both sides were willing to work toward reunification, but without a timetable, there was fragile ground for mutual trust," said Ma Ying-jeou, the mayor of Taipei and a Nationalist leader.
"We continue to work closely with the French government to ensure that children in Calais with family links in the UK are identified, receive sufficient support and can access the Dublin family reunification process without delay," he added.
"We are dedicated to ensuring that children in Calais with family links in the UK are identified, receive sufficient support and can access the Dublin family reunification process without delay.
In return, the account said, Israel would agree to "broad autonomy" for Palestinians in East Jerusalem, and to accept some 100,000 Palestinian refugees into Israel -- though only in the context of family reunification, and without Israeli acceptance of responsibility for their original expulsion.
But despite that deadline, more than 600 children are still detained in government-run shelters without their families, and more than 400 parents have been deported without an opportunity for reunification.
Those, especially in the conservative parties, who for years have called for Germany's reunification find themselves without a plan now the barriers are breaking down.
