The progress achieved so far by the Greek Presidency of the Council of the EU in the field of Justice was presented on 1 April by the Minister of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights Charalampos Athanasiou to the JURI (Legal Affairs) and LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) Committees of the European Parliament (EP). “The Greek Presidency coincides with the European elections. However, we will not reduce our efforts on the proposed legislative measures”, Mr. Athanasiou underlined.

• LIBE Committee

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The 2^nd International Conference on Research Infrastructures (ICRI 2014) is taking place at the Megaron Athens International Conference Centre on 2-4 April 2014, in the framework of the Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The conference is organised by the European Commission and the Greek General Secretariat of Research & Technology (Ministry of Education & Religious Affairs) with the organisational support of the “Athena” Research and Innovation Center.

The agenda of the informal Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN) meeting on 1-2 April in Athens includes discussions on key issues of pan-European importance, such as the state of play of Banking Union, especially after the approval by COREPER of the compromise agreement reached by the Greek Presidency in its negotiations with the European Parliament on the Single Resolution Mechanism, the social aspects of growth and financial stability in Europe, the long term financing of the economy, especially the enhancement of SME financing, as well as the preparation of the IMF/World Bank Spring a