The President of the Cyprus House of Representatives, Annita Demetriou, has noted the parliaments’ role in the deepening of democracy. Demetriou was giving a speech during the thematic session “The common future of European citizens”, in the framework of the European Conference of Presidents of Parliaments of the Council of Europe Member States, that took place in Athens.Parliaments must seize the opportunity of the changing times to advance the necessary reforms for a more human-centered state, which substantially underpins human rights, …








