During the Justice and Home Affairs Council in Brussels, Minister of Interior, Ioannis Michelakis presented yesterday (5.12.2013), the priorities of the upcoming Greek Presidency in his area of responsibility.
More specifically, in the course of the Presidency, the Minister of Interior:
Τhe Minister of Public Order and Citizen Protection, Nikos Dendias, presented yesterday (5.12.2013), at the Council of Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs in Brussels, the Hellenic Presidency priorities in the field of migration and asylum.
The Minister highlighted that the Hellenic Presidency will focus its efforts on a European holistic approach and management of the migration policy, with parallel actions to mitigate the consequences in the economic, social and political reality of EU Member-States.
Greece’s Rural Development and Food Minister, Professor Athanasios Tsaftaris, will be in Brussels on 3-4 December for meetings with representatives and high-ranking officials of EU bodies in view of the upcoming Greek Presidency.
The priorities of the Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union were presented by Greece’s Permanent Representative to the EU, Ambassador Theodoros Sotiropoulos, at the European Policy Center (EPC) in Brussels, on 29 November 2013.
On Friday, 29 November 2013, the Directors General for Industrial Relations of the EU Member States held their biannual meeting in Athens, in view of the upcoming Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which commences on 1 January 2014.
Each country holding the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union selects its own presidency logo, which serves as an integral visual symbol for the Presidency: a defining feature of each Presidency’s identity and a statement conveying its message to Europe and the world.