Lithuania presidency aims to boost EU credibility

Lithuania has taken over the EU Council rotating presidency for the second half of the year and has set its goals on improving the credibility of the European Union through the stabilization of the economy, better economic governance and combating tax evasion.
Presenting his credential to President Nicos Anastasiades, Lithuania’s new ambassador to Cyprus, Alfonsas Eidintas said that his country’s presidency other priorities include growth and development through innovation, a more productive internal EU market, strengthening social welfare and boosting the EU-wide energy market.
Ambassador Eidintas added that an “Open Europe” should be achieved through a policy of good neighbourly relations, expansion of the Union and an efficient control of the EU’s external borders.
Eidintas later invited ambassadors of other EU states to a meeting at the office of Hon Consul Christis Christoforou in Nicosia where he first thanked the outgoing Irish presidency and elaborated on Lithuania’s EU presidency programme.

Photo from left: Defence Minister and Deputy Foreign Minister Photis Photiou, President Nicos Anastasiades, Amb. Alfonsas Eidintas, Panayiotis Antoniou (Director of the President’s Office), Hon. Consul Christis Christoforou.