The President of the Republic Mr. Nicos Anastasiades is in Alicante, Spain, where tomorrow, 9 December, he will participate in the proceedings of the Summit of the nine Mediterranean Member States of the EU, known as EUMED9.
In addition to the host Prime Minister of Spain, the EUMED9 Summit will be attended by the leaders of Greece, France, Italy, Portugal, Malta, Croatia and Slovenia.
The Summit will focus primarily on the energy and economic challenges facing the EU today and will seek ways to coordinate the EU's Mediterranean partners in order to ensure a strong European response to these challenges, bringing Mediterranean interests into the equation.
Among the main items on the agenda are the role of the Mediterranean for the Future of Europe, the EU's strategic autonomy with a focus on the energy sector and the future of the EU's economic governance.
The exchange on the EU's strategic energy autonomy will focus on.
Ongoing efforts to decouple energy from Russia and find alternative sources of supply for the EU, including the prospects for the Eastern Mediterranean corridor and electricity interconnections, through which renewable energy sources and other forms of green energy, such as hydrogen, can be exploited.
In connection with the thematic section entitled "Economic Framework", the future of the EU's economic governance will be discussed in the light of the high inflation rates and the general economic pressure on EU Member States, and solutions will be sought at European level in the field of fiscal policy.
The Summit is expected to conclude shortly after 9pm (Cyprus time) and will be immediately followed by statements by the Leaders to the media.
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