At the meeting of the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament (COM PECH) on 22 January 2014, Minister of Rural Development and Food, Athanasios Tsaftaris presented the programme of the Greek Presidency of the Council.
Minister of Health, Spyridon-Adonis Georgiadis, presented the Greek Presidency’s health priorities before the members of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety of the European Parliament (ENVI).
The priorities of Greek Presidency for the Research and Space presented by the Minister of Education and Religious Affairs, Mr Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos, to the Commitee ITRE of the European Parliament.
The Greek Presidency managed to strike a unanimous political agreement, within the Council of EU, on the legislative package of own resources, related to the EU's multiannual financial framework (MFF) 2014 -20.
The Greek Presidency notes with satisfaction today's announcement of the European Commission in Brussels, in which the Commission urges Member States to promptly recognise the importance of Industry for development and the creation of jobs in the EU and of incorporating the dimension of industrial competitiveness in all policy areas.
The future development of the JHA area, international aspects of the Data Protection Regulation, as well as terrorism and border security are some of the topics that will be discussed during the Informal Meeting of the EU Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) on January 23 and 24 in Athens. The Meeting will take place in Zappeion Megaron.
In the frame of the Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the opening plenary session of the European Parliamentary Week – Interparliamentary Conference on Economic Governance of the European Union took place in Brussels on 20.1.2014.