A ministerial meeting of the EU Council on Competitiveness, chaired by Deputy Minister of Competitiveness and Development, Notis Mitarachi, was held in Brussels today (26.05.2014). The meeting discusses issues related to Internal Market and Industry.

The Council approved the following texts: a) a draft decision and b) a draft regulation of the Council for the establishment of implementing measures for the system of own resources of the EU, an issue of particular significance for the ratification of the budget of the European Union, as own resources must correspond to expenses.

The Informal Competitiveness Council/Research Meeting was convened in Athens, today (13 May 2014) chaired by Constantinos Arvanitopoulos, Minister of Education and Religious Affairs.

The need to draft a new European Industrial policy was highlighted during the first day of the informal Competitiveness ministerial council meeting, organised by the Ministry for Development and Competitiveness, in the context of the Greek presidency of the Council of the EU.

More than 20 Ministers and deputy ministers from the 28 EU Member-States, high ranking European Commission officials as well as representatives of European stakeholders of the Industry contributed to the meeting.