Hi Reddit! I am Dr. Eleni Theocharous Professor of Surgery. Former member of CY and EU Parliaments. Honorary President of Medicines du Monde. I am a candidate of the Democratic Party for the EU Elections (No1) , Ask Me Anything!

Ti epetyxete stes proigoumenes sas thiteies pou isos na menixerei o kosmos?

Σύμφωνα με το [EU Matrix](https://eumatrix.eu/en/blog/MEP-Influence-Index-2024-Top-100-most-politically-influential-MEPs) οι Κύπριοι Ευρωβουλευτές ήταν ανάμεσα σε αυτούς με τη μικρότερη επιρροή το 2024. Πως εσείς προσωπικά σκοπεύετε να αλλάξετε αυτή την εικόνα προς όφελος των Κυπρίων πολιτών; Ποια ζητήματα θεωρείτε ότι πρέπει να αντιμετωπιστούν σε Ευρωπαικό Επίπεδο;

Πιο κάτω η σχετική αναφορά:

The **German** delegation is the most influential overall and also one of the best performing proportionally to its size. Conversely, the **Italians**, and, to a lesser extent, the **French** have been underperforming (regardless of the size of their delegations). From among the small countries, the **Luxembourgers**, the **Maltese**, and **Portuguese** punch above their weight the most, while **Hungarians**, **Cypriots** and **Italians** are the most underperforming national groups.

where you part of EPP before? now running for S&D? Did the partiea change or did you?

Thanks for coming over 🙂

I want to start by saying I won’t vote for you. Our political positions especially about the Cyprus Problem are εκ διαμέτρου opposite. That said I appreciate you as a person and as a doctor, I really enjoy reading your social media(e.g your post about this AMA last night on twitter was amazing) and it’s great having you here!

1. About Gaza… Even as an MEP your influence will not be that much regarding what’s going on in Gaza. What do you plan to do to bring more attention to what’s going on in our neighborhood?
2. I remember reading a story from your time as an MEP, related to the LGBT flag. (you saw it and you confused it with something else?). I remember it was a fun story. Could you say it again?
3. Opinion about the EuroAsia Interconnector?
4. Will you cooperate with Turkish Cypriot MEPs(if any of them get elected) on issues? If not on the cyprus problem since you disagree, maybe about domestic issues in Turkey or issues in the north of Cyprus. I am talking about human right violations(especially about women, lgbt people), persecution of journalists, persecution of pro-federation Turkish Cypriots, persecution of anti-Erdogan people (e.g Demirtas being a political prisoner who is now sentenced for 20 years, or Osman Kavala…)
5. The Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh are unfortunately out of their land. They became refugees to Armenia. Pashinyan is taking a Western position and is ready to accept this historic defeat and come to terms (of peace) with Azerbaijan. How do you feel about that? Could this tragedy have been avoided if a settlement in which the occupied areas around NK were returned to Azerbaijan(so the Azeri refugees could return) while Nagorno Karabakh remained a strongly autonomous region within Azerbaijan? As my mom says to αν εφυτέψαν τον τζ’εν εβλάστησε.. But I can’t help but wonder.. what if.. I ve recently met people from Armenia, including Sargis, a young man of my age who fought in the War in 2020. I have the feeling that people are tired, noone wants another war and I havent heard anything about Armenian refugees intending to return in NK under Azeri control(which is understandble). Can the EU help in the reinstallation of Armenians in NK in safe conditions even while NK is under the rule of Azerbaijan.
6. We see ELAM is getting bigger and bigger. Why is ELAM’s influence so big while your party failed to enter the Parliament. I mean what do you think the reasons are? As I said I disagree on many issues but for example you represent the group of people that are against BBF, you represent the people that feel this deep connection with their Greek identity. Why do this people chose ELAM over Theocharous. As someone who doesn’t belong to this group I fail to understand why they would choose a group of people that were invloved in Hrysi Avgi, they have been involved with crimes allegedly, they skipped going to the army etc instead of choosing someone who expresses these political ideas(I mean about the cyprus problem, immigration, identity) who is also a respectable person in the society, a good doctor, someone who contributed greatly to humanitarian causes in active conflicts(and even now she is ready to go again and again). How do you explain this?

1. Why you think ENOSIS is a viable ideology? Also what’s your thought on Taksim?

Both in the end fueled ethnic nationalism and a division.

Why not be a fully independent entity instead of a eparchia from countries that are 1-2 hours flight time away from here?

2. Why should I vote for you?

Sketo, metrio or glyko ?

Will you advocate for the removal of Turkish occupation forces and replace Turkey with an alternative EU member as security guarantor. Same with UK as they are also non EU?