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.

The President of the Hellenic Parliament, Vangelis Meimarakis and the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz (who co-presided) opened the session by delivering welcome addresses, followed by the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso and the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy.

Works continue until Wednesday, 22.1.2014, on various topics such as, among others, addressing macroeconomic imbalances in Europe, the democratic legitimacy of economic adjustment programs, financing the real economy and priorities for the next round of the «European Semester» process.

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