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The
President of the Republic received the EU Commissioner for Cohesion and
Reforms |
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The President of the Republic,
Mr Nicos Anastasiades, received today, at the Presidential Palace, the EU
Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Ms Elisa Ferreira. After the meeting, Ms Ferreira told reporters, among other things, that with the President she had a very interesting and a very open conversation. She added that «it is really a
pleasure for us to be able to agree with Cyprus on the development agenda and
the support from European funds for the whole period of 2021 - 2027. Cyprus
has a very good performance in terms of the use of these funds and we think
this new period will give again to Cyprus a good stimulus in getting more
free from the dependence on fossil fuels, to have development based on the
use of all digital and innovation technologies and in fact to make the best
use of these funds for the continued, sustainable growth and development of
the Republic of Cyprus». Asked about the absorption of
EU funds by the Republic of Cyprus, Ms Ferreira said that Cyprus is one of
the most efficient users of these funds, adding that “we are very glad we
have opened a new period of support for the sustainable growth of Cyprus». Asked how much is allocated to
Cyprus for the whole programme period, Ms Ferreira said that just from the
Cohesion funding and not the Recovery and Resilience Fund, it is about one
billion euro allocated to different areas.
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