Anastasiades: 'We send a strong message about the Europe we want'

After voting in the European elections on Sunday, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades said his country wants to send a message on the Europe its citizens want, with closer cooperation on foreign, monetary and border policy.
"This is yet another day that democracy is celebrating, a day we decide on the large family of the European Union, a day when we want to send a strong message about the Europe we want, a Europe with a common foreign policy, a single monetary policy, a policy that will be a policy of cohesion and solidarity, and especially a Europe with common borders," Anastasiades said.

"We must not forget the importance of our participation, the importance of security for our country," he said, adding that "it was different when we were isolated and it is different today when we feel we belong to a family of 27 states."

Voting is running smoothly on the...