Democracy and the Role of European Citizens | ActEU | Cypriot PPC

On 1 January 2026, Cyprus will take over the reins of the Council of the European Union, holding the Rotating Presidency #CypriotPPC

To discuss the aims and priorities of the incoming Cypriot presidency, as well as the EU’s most challenging policy areas, the Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA), the Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs, and the Department of Politics and Governance of the University of Nicosia co-organised “Reshaping Europe in an age of uncertainty”, the Cypriot Pre-Presidency Conference (PPC).

This panel includes key interventions from:
• Yiannos Katsourides, Associate Professor, University of Nicosia;
• Alexandros Christos Gkotinakos, Research Fellow, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki;
• Andrea Kosta, PhD Candidate, University of Nicosia;
• Bilun Gunes, Founding Editor in Chief & Platform Lead POLICYPRESS, Cyprus Forum (Moderator).

This Pre-Presidency Conference was co-organised by TEPSA, the Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs, and the Department of Politics and Governance of the University of Nicosia. The conference was additionally supported by the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), the Cyprus Forum, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus.

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Editing: Baptiste Roman
Music: "Alive", Wondershare Filmora X

This video is made in collaboration with the ActEU Project. The ActEU Project has two main ambitions. First, it seeks to map and investigate persistent problems of declining trust, legitimacy and representation in Europe with a particular attention to the polarisation of societies and the EU's multi-level structure. Second, it aims to craft tailor-made toolkits for political and civil society actors, school teachers and university lecturers to deal with issues of declining political trust in representative democracies in flux and counteract a further decrease. #ActEU

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