Cyprus will take over the presidency of the EU Council on January 1, 2026, and our government has been making sure there is not a single person on the island who is not aware of it. Apart from this featuring in almost every speech President Nikos Christodoulides has made in the last three or four months, the government has also been bombarding us with a daily advertisement aimed at stirring national pride about its six-month role, as if it were an achievement of Cypriot daring or innovativeness.
The radio jingle, informs us that “we are members of the large European family and we have a voice, we belong, we participate.” More importantly, “now the time has
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