01/06/2012 (Agence Europe) - Daul visit as Cypriot Presidency approaches. Visiting Cyprus with EPP MEPs, the leader of that political group, Joseph Daul, stressed that Europe had to be more closely integrated politically, fiscally and socially, and that this should be one of the priorities of the Cypriot Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the EU which begins on 1 July. The motto of the Cypriot Presidency will be “A better Europe” by way of a more effective Europe. “We count on the success of the Cypriot Presidency, which really should have one main priority: reinforcing the political integration of Europe”, Daul said. He noted, too, that Europeans, “in these difficult times, expect their national and European leaders to show solidarity, but also responsibility, in their decisions. They also rightly demand that what has been decided by the 27 should be swiftly implemented.” (CG/transl.rt)