Cyprus to join Eurozone if House votes in favour

President Tassos Papadopoulos said on Thursday that if the House of Representatives did not vote in favour of joining the Eurozone, then ”we simply will not proceed with the accession.”
Speaking at Larnaca Airport before departing for Brussels to participate in the European Council, President Papadopoulos pointed out that ”the EU determines the dates for the completion of the legislative convergence, because the economic convergence already exists.”
”Those who believe our decision to join the Eurozone is correct, will vote in favour because that is what they believe in,” adding that ”they are doing it neither to help the government nor to carry out party politics.”
Commenting on remarks by the opposition that the largest party supporting and participating in the government is against joining the Eurozone in January next year, President Papadopoulos said the parties cooperating with the government are committed to applying the government’s programme, as it was announced in the pre-election period, but can maintain their autonomy on issues which were not included in the programme, such as the Eurozone.
Referring to the agenda of the European Council, he said the main topic of discussion would be energy and all its dimensions and the impact of automobile, machinery and factory emissions on the climate and the environment.
President Papadopoulos said the meeting would be ”very important” and noted that for two months now various EU working groups have been preparing the summit.
”There are many reservations and disagreements between EU members and we all hope it will be possible to approve a general policy, which will set out the framework for the next ten to fifteen years,” he said.