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'This is Europe' debate in the European Ϸվ: Speech by Nikos Christodoulides, President of Cyprus, 13 June 2023

V stručnosti 15-06-2023

'This is Europe' – an initiative proposed by the President of the European Ϸվ, Roberta Metsola – consists of a series of debates with EU leaders to discuss their visions for the future of the European Union. In his address to the European Ϸվ on 13 June 2023, the reunification of the island was a central theme for the President of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides. He stressed that the EU has every interest, but also an 'obligation to actively contribute to its final settlement' by taking a leading role in the process. He stressed that the wider Middle East and Gulf were the EU's neighbourhood, and that Cyprus was the 'geopolitical gateway' from the EU to the MENA region. He also called for further European integration, and promised to promote the deepening of the EU within the European Council.