Cyprus to join Schengen Zone in 2026, Christodoulides says

07:43 - 12 May 2025

Current Affairs Reporter

The conviction that Cyprus would join the Schengen Zone in 2026, President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulides has expressed, noting the “massive effort” underway to complete by the end of 2025 everything that needs to be done from a technical point of view.

Asked by a journalist, upon his arrival at an event in Nicosia on 11 May, whether Cyprus could join the Schengen Zone and whether any preparations are being made for this, the President said that “we will join the Schengen Zone in 2026.”

He noted that “massive effort” was underway to complete everything Cyprus needs to do from a technical point of view by the end of 2025, with the aim to join the Schengen Zone in 2026, adding that this would be “a strategic decision, a development, both for the Republic of Cyprus and for the EU”.

President Christodoulides said that the contribution of the European Parliament was needed and expressed satisfaction with what he heard from the President of the European Parliament, who was in Cyprus on Saturday on the occasion of Europe Day.

He also said that this was one of the main issues they raise in all the contacts the government holds especially ahead of Cyprus’ EU Presidency, noting that he would visit all the Member States, “and I am pleased with the response I see”.

But first we must complete our work, President Christodoulides also said, assuring that by the end of 2025 “we will complete all the technicalities that we need to do so that our country will be in the Schengen Zone in 2026.”

(Source: CNA)

Cyprus to join Schengen Zone in 2026, Christodoulides says

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