"The future of the EU: Protecting the EU's principles and values as a pillar of peace and stability and active citizen participation"
The round table discussion organised by the House of Representatives as part of the Europe-wide celebrations for Europe Day, on Tuesday, 9 May 2023, on "The future of the EU: protecting the EU's principles and values as a pillar of peace and stability and active citizen participation"
The round table discussion on "The future of the EU: protecting the EU's principles and values as a pillar of peace and stability and active citizen participation", organised by the House of Representatives as part of the Europe Day celebrations, on Tuesday, 9 May 2023, was successfully concluded.
In her introductory speech, the President of the House of Representatives, Mrs. Anita Demetriou said that the protection of the principles and values of the European Union and the expression of solidarity between Member States are the guarantees of our existence, prosperity and progress, which do not exclude the fundamental democratic right of every European citizen to criticise the European institutions and to demand more from the Union, more Europe.
In her introductory speech, the European Union Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakidou, pointed out that in the greatest public health crisis of our time, the decisions of the Union, based on European principles and values, on the legacies of the initiators of the great European family, have set a global example. He also referred to the recent and planned health reforms, which are faithfully following the letter and spirit of the Union: a European health union with the citizen at its heart.
DIKO MEP, member of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats and Chairman of the Political Committee for the Mediterranean Costas Mavridis stressed that the quality of the future of the Union depends on the degree of faith and trust that younger generations will show in it. He added that a Europeanist is not someone who automatically adopts the decisions of Brussels, but someone who realises that the Union is our collective home and defends our collective good with constructive criticism.
The Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign and European Affairs, MP for the Nicosia constituency of the Democratic Rally, Mr. Harris Georgiades, the Ambassador of Sweden to Cyprus, Mr. Martin Hagström, the Ambassador of Spain to Cyprus, Mr. Gabriel Ferrán Carrión, the Head of the European Parliament Office in Cyprus, Mr. Andreas Kettis, the Head of the Representation of the European Commission in Cyprus Ms Myrto Zambarta and the Vice President of the Cyprus Youth Council Ms Pantelitsa Evagorou made key contributions on the issue, initiating the discussion in the context of a constructive and meaningful exchange of views with all participants. The debate was moderated by the journalist Vivian Kanari.
Among others, the event was attended by representatives of parliamentary parties, ambassadors, current and former MPs, former MEPs, Commissioners and other state officials, representatives of academic institutions, organised associations, social partners, etc.
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