newsitems Incoming EU Chair, Cyprus' President Christofias : For a Better Europe, Focus on Human beings+
Incoming EU Chair, Cyprus' President Christofias : For a Better Europe, Focus on Human beings+
*Strasbourg/EU Parliament/Angelo Marcopolo/- Incoming EU Chairman for the crucial period of July - December 2012, Cyprus' President Dimitris Christofias, speaking this Tuesday at various meetings with MEPs and other Politicians from EU Countries during all afternoon and evening in EU Parliament in Strasbourg, stressed that for "a Better Europe", the "Focus should be placed on the Human" persons' needs and elementary rights, particularly during the persisting Economic Crisis.
In this regard, the former Head of the island's largest political party (AKEL) of the "New Left" area, as he named it, Christofias, warned against any attempt, by anyone inside the establishement's "System", to oblige "Simple Working People" to "pay" for the Crisis' consequences, denouncing it as "Unjust", and anounced his intention to try to escape from the usual "Routine" and behind closed doors' "Compromises" on principles, promissing to work, instead, in order to help "adopt "some (EU) Measures able to alleviate" the extreme pressure exerted on some Social Groups and/or Countries, and/or ameliorate their condition, even if he might not be able to accomplish the "Radical Changes" in fact required by the real situation in practice, at least to make People's lives "Less Hard", also by boosting "Jobs" and "Solidarity", as well as EU's Cohesion.
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Significantly, in a symbolically related move, Christofias confirmed today that he intends to "pass the torch to a younger" person in Cyprus on 2013, and that he has chosen the current Minister of Health, Malas, who has just been also apointed as responsible even for Scientific Research and Technological Innovation. In his first statements in this regard, Dr. Stavros Malas reportedly supported the view that EU should use Research and Innovation as an important tool able to spearhead progress towards Growth.
This same Day, Christofias met with EU Parliament's biggest Political Group, that of ChristianDemocrats/EPP, French MEP Joseph Daul of Strasbourg, precisely at the same moment, or so, that Daul concluded another exceptional meeting with EU Commissioner in charge of Science, Research and Innovation, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn from Ireland (the next rotating EU Chair, from January 2013). And Daul had just met, yesterday (Monday) morning in Berlin, exceptionaly, with German Chancellor Angie Merkel, whose leitmotiv, (reiterated several times both in Brussels' EU Summits' Press Conferences, and in Germany,f.ex. n Berlin : Comp. a relevant "EuroFora"s NewsReport from Berlin, on the sidelines of events organized around the Summit for the 20th Anniversary of the Wall's Fall, 9/2009- included at nearby Stuttgart, etc), is to use Scientific and Technological Innovation as an important tool for Econmic Growth..
All this occured just after EU Summits' President Van Rompuy, speaking earlier this Morning at EU Parliament's Plenary in Strasbourg, stressed, inter alia, also the fact that the "Compact for Growth", endorsed at last week's EU Brussels' Summit, (which joins together previously and recently proposed Measures between 2010 - 2012 for the immediate Future), "contains .. Work to be done together, as a Union, including on... Strengthening the European Research area", (comp. Statements by European Research Area's Director, Arias, to "EuroFora", in a June 2012 NewsReport from an event at the CoE in Strasbourg).
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On Geo-Political issues, Christofias pointed at Cyprus' potential, "despite the Foreign Military Occupation" of its Northen part by Ankara's Invasion Troops since 1974, to "try to be a Bridge between the EU and the Middle East", as well as in order to use the traditionally good "relations between Cyprus and the (Neighbouring) Arab Countries" in order to safeguard the recent "Arab Spring"'s positive potential, from eventual risks to be pushed, instead, towards "Arab Fall" or even "Winter", as he warned.
Concerning the Cyprus' issue, Christofias regretted the fact that, recently, "the Turkish Government has become even more Cynical, Hard and Intransigeant", hindering in real practice his "aim" to work for "the ReUnification of Cyprus", with feelings of "Brotherhood between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots together", in "one Federal State of bizonal/bicommunal nature, as precsribed by the pertinent UNO SC Resolutions.
In this regard, the President of EU Parliament's EuroLeft Group, German MEP Gabi Zimmer, strongly denounced, earlier at a Press Conference here, "Turkey's pressure" and "Blackmail" tactics vis a vis the EU in an attempt to "Boycot Cyprus'" rotating EU Council's Chairmanship for the important semester of July ( December 2012), which, as the President of EU Parliament's Socialist Group, experienced Austrian MEP Johannes Swoboda reportedly stressed, "should be Respected by everybody", (according also to crystal-clear warnings towads Ankara by official declarations of EU Heads of State/Governments' recent Brussels' Summits).
Meanwhile, the incoming EU Chairman spend many Hours in Strasbourg, for successive working meetings with EU Parliament and EU Commission's Presidents Schultz and Barroso, as well as with the Heads of almost all Political Groups, before speaking at meetings of the EuroLeft and Socialist Groups, followed by a Diner with MEPs and other politicians.
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It's important to create a synergy between "mutually stimulating" EU Countries' moves in order to overcome an "Unjust" Crisis "imported from USA", stressed new French Minister for Economic Revival, Patrick Devedjian, in Strasbourg, warning also that, while hoping for a vigorous Obama US Plan, nevertheless, "Time" is of essence for Europe...
In fact, it's EU's own interest to act Fast, before June 2009 EU Election, since, with Lisbon Treaty not ratified yet, it cannot face again the risk of a Majority Abstention, as back in 1999 and 2004, nor another "anti-EU" mood among Citizens, as in the 2005 French and Dutch "No", followed by the 2008 Irish "No", without endangering rare Historic opportunities, currently open for the EU, whose future is at stake.
From Social issues up to High-Tech Scientific Research, concrete action for Economic revival started from Strasbourg and its European dimension, for the new super-Minister Patrick Devedjian, who visited a Popular Social Housing and Infrastructure project at nearby Hagenau village, before meeting new leaders of Strasbourg's unified mega-University in a Scientific Labo at the Campus, close to EU Parliament and CoE headquarters.
Devedjian, who met also with all the spectrum of Local Political deciders of Alsace region, close to FrancoGerman borders, wants for deeds to meet the words, in real practice, whenever politicians speak about Strasbourg and Europe's development.
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Devedjan to "EuroFora" : "European coordination can act as a multiplicator by mutual stimulations"
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Devedjian was questioned by "Euro-Fora" on his expectations for reciprocal effects of coordinated European plans :
- "We are living in a (European and Global) system where borders are transparent : When we take measures in France, they produce effects also in Germany, in Belgium, Italy, Spain, or other EU countries, and vice-versa. "So, we can have mutually stimulating effects between national revival Plans, if they are somehow coordinated", ..."They can augment each other's effects, acting as multiplicators and levers". "As a State stimulates Local authorities and Private business, similarly, each EU country's economic revival plan may multiply the effects of other EU countries' actions", he told us.
- "F.ex., when I visited Strasbourg University's Scientific labos, they told me that part of the renovation, funded by France, is realized by German companies located only a few Kms away from the border. Thus, the French revival plan benefits also the German economy. And vice-versa : when Germany takes certain measures, they can have beneficial effects also for French companies"
In an era of Globalisation, "nobody can close and isolate himself inside a Fish-Bowl !", he concluded.
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Economy's revival starts from Strasbourg and Europe, for new French Minister Devedjian
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This could be one of the reasons for which the new French Minister for Economic Stimulus chose to make his 1st visit to Strasbourg, the headquarters of European and Paneuropean Institutions, in the Franco-German river borders at the heart of Europe.
- "It was President Sarkozy's idea", he revealed, adding also fresh "support to Strasbourg's European vocation, not only with words, but also with deeds" :F.ex., the completion of a High-Speed Train network, due to stimulate fast links with Germany, Austria, Italy, Hungary and other central EU Countries.
- "This Crisis is Unjust for Europe, because it wasn't its fault". The greatest part of the "Crisis was imported from the USA, where problems are deeper than here'', in the EU. The Crisis "wasn't due to a bad managment by Europe", who was affected by problems which emerged elsewhere. That's why Europe must be united and active enough to face this challenge. said Devedjian, who has just won +5% in popularity...
- "I hope that there will be an "Obama-effect" also on Economy, and that the Plan of the New American President will be substantial enough to face this crisis, which is worse in the USA than in our area", Europe, he added.
"Economic Revival overcomes political divisions : F.ex. Strasbourg's Socialist Mayor "Ries agreed that State actions funded by Public Debt are justified during such exceptional circumstances", noted the Center-Right republican Minister.
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"Zeitnot" for 2009 EU Elections ?
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"My problem is Time", stressed Devedjian from the outset, at Strasbourg's University. "I have to engage 75% of funds in 2009, out of a total of 29 Billion euros", he explained later. "Monitoring will be of essence", because we must "avoid bureaucracy or delays. No project should get lost or neglected in complex meanders of adminstrative offices' moving sands", he warned.
- "I must create activities in the middle of the Crisis", he added. Questioned by EuroFora whether he aims to start creating some "hopes before the June 2009 EU Elections", Devedjian, a former leader of the Governing Political Party in France: UMP, did not immediately reply, but revealed, later, that he "hoped to start at least some Projects on May 2009, even if the bulk of Revival Plan's effects are "expected from Autumn 2009".
However, with only 30% of EU Citizens currently aiming to cast a vote at the forthcoming EU Elections on June, (See other NewStory), the coordinated moves' results are expected to be crucial for Citizens' participation and votes at the forthcoming June 2009 EU Elections throughout all 27 EU Member Countries...Thus, it's vital for all Europe's own Future that coordinated national Economic revival plans start to have concrete results and create hopes for new dynamics before the June 2009 EU Election...
A real challenge, since careful choices are needed : Our aim is to fund projects which "create activities", even "in the middle of the crisis", and have a "lever effect, attracting other investments", Devedjian said. Because the "Stimulus' Plan has 2 aims : A Tactical one : to create New Activities. And a Strategic one : Choose what can become efficient and useful also in the Long-term".
- "Are you ready ?", he asked Strasbourg University's new President, professor Alain Beretz, with some 700 million euros in his pockets for Education-Research in France. - "We are !", he replied.
- "The Minister's initiative can accelerate funds, and Time is important for us. This concerns the entire renovation of all our buildings", said to "EuroFora" President, Beretz. "I showed some Scientific Research Labos to Mr. Devedjian. But, If we had more time, I could show him also some Education Amphis, whose condition needs to meet Strasbourg's new Mega-University's ambition" to reach the 10 best in the World, as Prime Minister Fillon earlier anounced here.
(Devedjian kicks off his Economic Revival tour from Strasbourg University, meeting with its new chairman Beretz, at Scientific Institute Le Bel)
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Regional Prefectures should gather and select projects to be presented for decision before the end of January 2009.
A well-known close friend of President Sarkozy, who succeeded as EU Chairman to launch, in agreement with German chancelor Merkel and even British prime minister Brown, vigorous EU actions against the Financial/Economic Crisis, (starting from the 1st Historic Summit of EuroZone's Heads of State/Government, October 12 at Elysee Palace, followed by Washington G20 Global Summit), Devedjan will have a key role in the realisation of National and EU plans recently agreed in Brussels.
President Sarkozy is expected to arrive himself in Strasbourg, on the occasion of the official inauguration of its brand New Mega-Hospital, on the 9th of January 2009, at the eve of EU Parliament's session here, Elysee confirmed shortly after Devedjian's visit.
EU is due to review its economic revival plans at March 2009 EU Council in Prague, before the April 2 London Global Summit.
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Multi-facet concrete activities at focus : Stimulus Minister Devedjian at the Political, Social and High-Tech fronts in Strasbourg...