By Jean Comte, Oscar Pandiello, Fanny Roux, Júlia Tar and Helena Freitas ( October 21, 2025, 11:54 GMT | Insight) -- Cyprus aims to prioritize work on boosting the EU’s competitiveness when it takes over chairing legislative talks on behalf of EU member states next year, according to a draft program seen by MLex. It also aims for progress in legislative simplification initiatives and in a targeted number of trade, energy, digital and financial services files. The draft program for Cyprus's presidency of the Council of the EU next January to June could still change.Cyprus aims to prioritize work on boosting the EU’s competitiveness when it takes over chairing legislative talks on behalf of EU member states next year, a draft program seen by MLex shows....
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