AKEL's nihilistic positions continue.
They cannot get rid of their party blinders.
We want to remind them that it is during the days of Nicos Anastasiades' government that the Republic of Cyprus was shielded by concluding agreements with energy giants such as Exxon Mobil of the US, Qatar Energy, Italy's ENI and France's Total Energies, ensuring the prospects of exploiting our country's deposits. Just recently, three new wells have been drilled, two discoveries, a series of seismic studies, and additional drilling is planned for Block 12 in the first half of 2023.
Simultaneously with the trilateral and multilateral partnerships we have developed with countries in our region, but also with our participation as a founding member and as a chairing country in the last year of the East Mediterranean Gas Forum, Cyprus is emerging as a player in the energy events in the Eastern Mediterranean, which is consequently linked to the energy security of Europe.
A classic example of the role played by Cyprus is the EU funding of the Israel - Cyprus - Greece - Europe electricity interconnection project to the tune of €657 million. This is the largest amount ever spent by the EU on a project of this type. A project for which an additional €100 million will be spent through the Cyprus Tomorrow National Plan.
These events, among others, are nothing but recognition of the role that Cyprus plays in the energy security of Europe.
With regard to the penetration of RES, AKEL is well aware that Cyprus has exceeded the targets set by the EU, while in the 2022-2023 period amounts exceeding 235 million euros will be made available as grants to households and businesses for the installation of photovoltaic systems.
We call on AKEL once again to stop investing in nihilism and the tactics it followed in 2021 with the known results of the parliamentary elections.
A credible opposition does not invest in barren and nihilistic politics in order to achieve the erasure from the memory of citizens of the works and days of their own sad governance.
(PM/MG)
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