The AKEL ballot for the elections to elect the 6 Members of the European Parliament for Cyprus was decided today by the party’s Central Committee.
According to a relevant announcement by the party, “AKEL enters the battle of the European elections with positions and proposals on all small and large European issues and with a strong ballot paper with six candidates ready to work and fight for the visions, values, and policies needed by the people of Cyprus and the peoples of Europe.”
It is further noted that “the ballot consists of three men and three women and combines political figures of AKEL with personalities from the broader progressive space of Cyprus, individuals with knowledge and experience, with a background in public affairs and with their own imprint on the social and political life of Cyprus.”
At the same time, as emphasized, “we continue the historic step we took in 2019 with the inclusion of a Turkish Cypriot in our European ballot, because AKEL is the Party of all Cypriots, the prime force of reunification and rapprochement.”
The candidates of AKEL are as follows:
- George Georgiou, philologist, MEP, 60 years old
- Anna Theologou, economist, former MP, 38 years old
- Stavros Kalopsidiotis, lawyer-internationalist, Head of the Human Rights Sector of AKEL, 43 years old
- Andros Karagiannis, philologist of English and German languages, Mayor of Deryneia, 50 years old
- Niyazi Kizilyurek, academic, MEP, 64 years old
- Melani Steliou, actress, television producer, presenter, 47 years old
