Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulidis is curious about gaining management of a brand new function within the European Fee that runs the EU's Mediterranean coverage, in keeping with Politico.
Cyprus has lots to supply in transport and different points affecting the area, making an excellent Cypriot candidate for the function, he instructed POLITICO in an interview on Tuesday.
The brand new Brussels portfolio, offered by newly appointed Fee President Ursula von der Leyen, will deal with financial affairs, in addition to human trafficking and immigration from North Africa.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis instructed POLITICO in a separate interview this week that he additionally sees worth within the function.
“We will contribute to points associated to transport and the Mediterranean,” Christodoulidis stated. Von der Leyen's plan to create a separate portfolio to take care of the Mediterranean follows lobbying on the difficulty from Cyprus, he added. “It’s at our personal urging that the President felt the necessity to have a commissioner devoted completely to this.”
“We must see in follow what the Mediterranean portfolio means, what are the powers, what are the duties, what’s the scope of the dedication,” he famous, including that he has additionally mentioned different portfolios with the president of the Fee.
Within the coming weeks, von der Leyen will assess who she needs by which positions in her new Fee. EU governments have been requested to submit names and Von der Leyen will then select who she needs. Behind closed doorways negotiations are underway on which international locations will get probably the most highly effective jobs within the new composition of the Fee.
The Cypriot president stated his authorities ought to obtain an “vital” portfolio.
“We’re not a brand new member state, now we have 20 years of expertise, now we have a presidency and within the first half of 2026 we are going to maintain the second presidency of the Council of the EU. We now desire a portfolio the place we imagine that the consultant of the Republic of Cyprus may have added worth.”
