Our View: EU envoy appointment has not brought a solution any closer

The way the government greeted the appointment of the European Commission envoy to the Cyprus problem gave the impression that the road to a solution had been opened. The reality, however, is that we remain as far away from a settlement as we were before Monday, when Raffaelo Fitto, who is serving as executive vice president for cohesion since 2024, was appointed envoy.

This was an upgrade on Johannes Hahn, the Austrian politician who stepped down as European Commission envoy in March, before...