Nicosia: The Government will continue with reforms in the next year, with the aim of modernizing the state, President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday, during his opening remarks during the Council of Ministers meeting.
According to Cyprus News Agency, the President expressed satisfaction with the approval of the tax reform on Monday, as well as the reform concerning the evaluation of teachers. "I am delighted with the result, which also shows the general intention of our Government to change the state of 1960, to modernize the institutions."
He recalled that the Government had previously initiated reforms in the Audit Service, the Law Office, the right to vote from the age of 17, automatic registration in the electoral rolls, the digital reform in 2025, where they added another 75 digital services horizontally across all Ministries, building permits, urban planning permits, university clinics and many other reforms that they promoted and will continue in the same spirit in 2026.
"Our emblematic reform concerns the pension system, another reform that no one dared to touch. Our Government has already begun the preparatory work. In 2026 we will also have the reform concerning the Central Bank, the reform concerning special education, the legislation for people with disabilities. So, we continue in 2026 with reforms being very high on our agenda," he said.
Furthermore, the President referred to the assumption by Cyprus of the Presidency of the Council of the EU in January 2026, urging the members of the Cabinet to work to make Cyprus even more proud, and prove in practice "that we have a say and a role in the developments in Brussels."
"And through our policies to push the European agenda to achieve further integration, which is an absolute prerequisite for European autonomy, which is the main goal of our Presidency."
Therefore, he concluded, in the next six months we will work collectively, to upgrade the image of the Republic at international level.