Director General for EU Affairs at the Greek Foreign Minister, Ambassador Alexandra Papadopoulou is hosting an Informal Meeting of EU Directors’ General, to be held in Athens, 30^th-31^st January, 2014 (Zappeio Megaro). The first session will be dedicated to elaborating on Priorities of the Greek Presidency. The second session will invite partners to an informal exchange of views on the Subsidiarity principle, as a means of safeguarding the prompt functioning of an "ever closer" Union.