Hungarian 2011 EU Presidency interested on Cyprus: F.Minister Martonyi to EuroFora
The incoming Hungarian 2011 EU Presidency shows an interest on Cyprus' issue and the recent UNO-inspired moves, as it resuts from the attitude of experienced Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi when he was briefed by "EuroFora" on the forthcoming Geneva High-Level meetings with UNO's Head ;
"EuroFora" observed that UNO's Secretary General Ban Ki Moon will be nect week in Geneva to deal also with the Cyprus' issue, at the same time with Human Rights and Disarmament, and asked the EU Chairman-in-office if he thought that the EU should not be totally absent from such issues, tjhe repercussions of which may affect it largely in the Future.
Martonyi, after asking to repeat and paying attention to each word, apparently interested, replied to "EuroFora" with a formula which stressed in substance that when there are issues which touch upon EU Members concerning Peace and ReUnification, we (Hugarian EU Presidency ) are for a Solution to be found", naturaly "according to EU Principles", as he agreed with "EuroFora".
Significantly, shortly after our encounter in EU Parliament in Strasbourg, Martonyi decided to meet with Cyprus' Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou, who was invited to fly to Budapest to brief the EU chairman in office just one Day before the Geneva UNO political meetings.
Speaking earlier to "EuroFora", French Minister for EU affairs, Alain Wauquiez, (See previous NewsReport, already sent to Subscribers/Donors), appeared seriously thoughtful, recognizing the importance of the matterr, and did not exclude a closer EU scrutiny, inviting "EuroFora" to "speak anew" about that, closer to the Date fixed by UNO's SG for the Geneva High-Level meeting.
German EU Minister Werner Hoyer, who recently expressed to "EuroFora" , at nearby Offenbourg, (See earlier Publication with other Statements Hoyer gave "EuroFora" then), that he found Cyprus' isse a hard nut to crack, wiould probaby had meanwhile an opportunity to exchange views with Chancellor Angie Merkel, who visited the island, as scheduled, earlier this January 2011, immediatey after Germany got, for the 1st time, a seat inside UNO's Security Council.
Russia's traditional interest on Cyprus' issue is also generally considered as a stable parameter of the equation, whie China was reportedly discussing that during the recent visit of Cyprus' House Presdent Garoyan, and the USA send for a visit a Philip Gordon, under Secretary of State for Europe.
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Strategically located between Paris and Prague, Strasbourg offered a natural location for the French and Czech EU 2008 and 2009 Presidencies to tune their agendas for a resolute European move towards Renewable Energies, during an exceptional Joint Parliamentary meeting on "Energy and Sustainable Development", co-organized here by the Presidents of EU Parliament, Hans Gert Poettering, French National Assembly, Bernard Accoyer, and Senate, Gerard Larcher, on November 20 and 21.
Concluded by a busy-looking French super-Minister of Energy, Environment and Regional planning, Jean-Louis Borloo, the exceptional gathering of Top MPs from all 27 EU States' Parliaments hoped that a Ministerial meeting prepared by Borloo, will pave the way to an overall agreement at the level of EU Heads of State and Government Summit chaired on December 2008 by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, allowing the next EU chair, the Czech Republic, to start working from the beginning of 2009 on concrete measures.
Speaking to "EuroFora" President Accoyer resumed the general feeling by stressing that "Europe has no Oil-Gas resources, but an important Scientific-Technologic potential. Therefore, we must develop Renewable Energy sources". "Since the Sun is the most abundant and free RES, we must do the outmost to boost Solar Energy" solutions, he added, at the eve of a special meeting on Solar energy and the Mediterranean organised by Borloo on Saturday.
Oil-gas supplies' security and diversification were also examined by the EU gathering, after which, President Accoyer replied to our question on risks of long, expensive and fragile pipe-lines' projects, crossing through foreign countries out of the EU, compared to new possibilities for Sea and River Ship direct EU transport even of Gas, thanks to New Liquification technologies : - "We have just écreated the Union for the Mediterranean for concrete projects like these", Accoyer stressed, speaking of Sea-River Ship Highways, fundeable under EU's TENS programs.
Rapporteur on "Energy innovation and sustainable development", Dr. Bedrich Moldan, vice-President of Czech Senate's Environment and Regional Development Committee, added that Climat issues, price uncertainties and diminution of accessible Fossil energies, played together with EU's RST potential in order to make RES both a need and "an opportunity". However, in cases as "Solar Energy, even if the main Scientific ideas are already here, we have to make some technologic breakthroughs in order to find how to produce it on a large scale, store and transport it", Dr. Moldan added to "EuroFora".
Czech interest for RES was also expressed, earlier in Strasbourg, by Jan Kohout, the deputy Minister pf Foreign Affairs who participated to a workshop on "Renewable Energies" organized by the French EU 2008 Presidency : - "The focus is on Development", he told us.
On this and other RES issues, Dr. Moldan anounced the Czech EU 2009 chair's intention to organize an important 2-days Conference on Renewable Energies and Sustainable Development late January 2009 at nearby Prague.