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The work of the Seventh Plenary Session of the Conference on the Future of Europe, in which a delegation of the House of Representatives, consisting of the President of the Committee on Foreign and European Affairs, Mr. Mr. Harris Georgiades (head) and the Members of Parliament Mrs. Marina Nikolaou, Mr. Chrysi Pantelidis and Mrs. Alexandra Attalidou.
Yesterday, a meeting of the delegations of the national parliaments to the Conference took place, during which the adoption of a common position on a consensus basis was discussed, in support of the promotion of the recommendations of the Working Groups (WGs) to the Executive Committee (EC) of the Conference, taking into account, however, the existence of reservations on specific proposals.
The Cypriot delegation supported the promotion of the recommendations of the WGs to the EC. Georgiades stressed that finding unanimity is a difficult task, given the participation in national delegations of parliamentarians representing different political parties, as in the case of the Cypriot delegation. The OE recommendations, Georgiades said, are not the end of the road for the Conference, but the beginning of a new process whereby the recommendations will be studied for implementation purposes. The concept of consensus, Mr Georgiades underlined, is an agreement to move the proposals forward, while understanding the existence of substantial reservations by some participants.
During the first part of the plenary session, the IPs presented the final texts of their recommendations, on which the four components of the Conference, namely the Council, the European Commission, the European Parliament and the national parliaments, took positions. This was followed by the final citizens' statements on the recommendations and the closing of the work of the Conference on the Future of Europe. The last solemn Plenary Session will take place on 9 May 2022, Europe Day.
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