Strategic priority for Commission constitutes the work electrical interconnection Greece-Cyprus (Great Sea Interconnector-GSI), as its representative stated today (13.11.2025), saying that “it is important that it see the light of day as soon as possible”.
Asked about yesterday’s meeting of the Commissioner for Energy and Housing, Dan Jorgensen, with the energy ministers of Greece and Cyprus, the representative of the Commission for energy issues, Ana Kaiza, said that energy initiatives such as the GSI were discussed. “It is a project that we strongly support, a project of common interest that receives funding through the Connecting Europe Facility,” the spokeswoman said, noting that the electricity interconnection project connects Cyprus to mainland Europe to end Cyprus’ energy isolation and in particular “to lower energy prices for citizens.”
“We will continue to do everything within our power and jurisdiction to help advance this GSI project, and to achieve this, the Commissioner looks forward to continued cooperation with Greece and Cyprus,” added Ana Kaiza.
Regarding the schedule of the project, the representative of the Commission did not want to give information, saying that its implementation is up to the agencies participating in it. He stressed, however, that “we reaffirm that this is a project of the utmost importance for the European Commission, but also for the citizens of Cyprus and Greece, it is our strategic priority and it is important that this project sees the light of day as soon as possible”.
Asked if the Commission intends to approach the Turkish side to explain the importance of the GSI project for the EU, the same spokeswoman said that at the moment there is no information about possible contacts of Commissioner Jørgensen with his counterparts in Turkey, but added that the Commission has made public its position on the importance of this project. “Obviously I’m not ruling out contacts, but it’s not something I can confirm right now,” he said.