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ENVOY TO EUROPE · penna!

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SPEAKER_00: Ursula von der Leyen's speech the day before yesterday on the state of the European Union is regarded as extremely significant, as it took place at a time of intense geopolitical upheaval and introduced radical proposals for the future of Europe.
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SPEAKER_00: For Cyprus, in fact, it is considered even more critical, as it took place immediately after Cyprus's EU presidency, which, as our president and his deputy minister, who is also maid of honor to his wife, proclaimed, was one of the most successful ever.
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SPEAKER_00: The main reasons that lend her speech historical significance center on certain key themes, first and foremost, the radical change of European defense and security.
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SPEAKER_00: The Commission president placed security at the top of the agenda, warning that threats on European soil are on the rise.
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SPEAKER_00: She proposed the creation of a new institutional body that would bring together the leaders of the EU, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Norway, and Canada.
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SPEAKER_00: He also announced the creation of a new specialized mechanism to deal directly with hybrid threats and cyberattacks.
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SPEAKER_00: What he said word for word, and which has sent waves of emotion across the island, is that Europe will defend each and every square meter of its territory.
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SPEAKER_00: It is impossible for this declaration not to be linked to Ms.
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SPEAKER_00: Ursula's warm reception, embraces, and kisses with President Christadoletis, which we photographed during the six months of the Cypriot presidency.
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SPEAKER_00: What a disappointment, however.
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SPEAKER_00: The president referred to Greenland and Ukraine, but not a word about Cyprus, as our members of the European Parliament complain in a lengthy and interesting report by the Cyprus News Agency yesterday.
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SPEAKER_00: The failure to mention Cyprus in the Commission President's speech was highlighted by our six members of the European Parliament in their statements to the Cyprus News Agency.
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SPEAKER_00: It is simply unacceptable for Europe to proclaim that it will defend every square meter of its territory, yet make no mention of the ongoing crime of invasion and occupation in Cyprus.
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SPEAKER_00: Especially when, as recently as two months ago, our president, apart from the warm embraces, even took her on a tour of the Ayanapa marina.
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SPEAKER_00: That spot was just a stone's throw from the ceasefire line that separates us from the three million three hundred fifty five thousand square meters of European territory occupied by Turkey.
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SPEAKER_00: Could it be that the president erred in appointing Mr Nikos Tornoridus as his personal envoy for the Cyprus issue in Africa and Asia?
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SPEAKER_00: Perhaps instead of exhausting his diplomatic skills on appointing a European envoy to Cyprus, he should have appointed a Cypriot envoy to Europe?
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SPEAKER_00: Mr Tornoridus would have done a fine job, even though his experience over the last thirteen years has been in Asia and Africa.