We count on the success of the Cypriot Presidency, which should have one main priority, reinforcing the political integration of Europe, Chairman of the EPP Joseph Daul has said.
Daul, currently on a visit to Cyprus in view of the Cyprus’ EU Presidency to begin July 1st, will participate in the Conference of the Presidents of the Political Parties of the European Parliament to take place 31 May and 1 June in Nicosia and will hold contacts with the political leadership.
According to a press release by the EPP in Brussels, speaking ahead of talks with the Cypriot Government on the priorities of the upcoming rotating Presidency of the EU Council, Daul has outlined the crucial necessity of a more integrated Europe, politically, fiscally and socially.
“Cyprus is taking over its first EU Presidency at a crucial time for all of us, and only two weeks after key elections in Greece“, outlined the Chairman of the EPP Group.
“Our citizens, in these difficult times, expect their national and European leaders to show solidarity, but also responsibility, in their decisions. They also rightly demand that what has been decided by the 27 should be swiftly implemented”, he noted.
Daul also underlined that the Cypriot Presidency will work under the `Better Europe` motto towards a more efficient Europe.
“We count on the success of the Cypriot Presidency, which really should have one main priority: reinforcing the political integration of Europe“, said the Chairman of EPP.