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DPM and FM Venizelos’ statement on the deadly attack on the Brussels Jewish Museum

25 May, 2014

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos made the following statement regarding the deadly attack on the Jewish Museum in Brussels:

  • EUThe Presidency (EU)

DPM & FM Venizelos’ statement at the EP Plenary for the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of WWI (Strasbourg 16.04.2014)

16 Apr, 2014

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Venizelos’ statement at the EP Plenary in Strasbourg, on 16 April, for the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of WWI.

Dedicating today’s sitting of the Plenary to the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I, the European Parliament is rightly choosing to end its proceedings with a message to the citizens of the European Union: that it has a historical conscience. An active historical memory is the only sound foundation for major political initiatives like the ones Europe so urgently needs.

  • EUThe Presidency (EU)

PM Samaras: Europe is now more united and more stable than ever

01 Apr, 2014

PM Samaras' speech at the informal ECOFIN dinner at the Acropolis museum

  • ECOFINEconomic & Financial Affairs (ECOFIN)

Statement by ECOFIN President Yannis Stournaras on adoption of amended Savings Taxation Directive

24 Mar, 2014

I welcome today’s adoption by the AGRIFISH Council of the Directive amending the EU rules on the taxation of savings income.
 
This has been a priority of the Greek Presidency, as the amended Directive allows for the extension of the scope to a wider range of savings products and strengthens its effective application, enhancing therefore tax transparency and making a big step forward for the fight against  tax fraud and evasion, and, indeed, tax fairness and social justice.
 
  • ECOFINEconomic & Financial Affairs (ECOFIN)

Statement by Minister Yannis Stournaras on the Single Resolution Mechanism

20 Mar, 2014

“The Greek Presidency this morning reached a provisional agreement with representatives of the European Parliament on the Single Resolution Mechanism regulation. This was done in conjunction with the valuable input and contributions by the Chair of the IGC at Ministerial level, Jeroen Dijsselbloem on the aspects of the Single Resolution Fund, which was intrinsic in reaching the overall agreement.

The agreed text will now be submitted to the Member States, and I hope that they will be able to support it.

  • EUThe Presidency (EU)

Keynote Speech by PM Antonis Samaras at BusinessEurope event (Brussels, 28.1.2014)

28 Jan, 2014

PM Antonis Samaras addressed today (28.1.2014) in Brussels a BusinessEurope Day event entitled “Industry matters”.
  • EUThe Presidency (EU)

Briefing of Brussels news media by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Venizelos

08 Jan, 2014

Good morning. I welcome you to Greece, to Athens, on the day of the official opening of the Hellenic Presidency of the Council of the  European Union.

This Presidency is the fifth Hellenic Presidency of the Council since Greece joined the then European Communities in 1981.

  • ECOFINEconomic & Financial Affairs (ECOFIN)

Greek Presidency presentation of priorities on Economic and Financial Affairs - Finance Minister Ioannis Stournaras’ Speech

08 Jan, 2014

Finance Minister Ιοannis Stournaras presented the priorities of the Greek Presidency of the Council of Economic and Financial Affairs, at a news conference today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Here is what Minister Stournaras said to foreign media representatives.
  • EUThe Presidency (EU)

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Venizelos’ New Year’s message as Greece assumes the Presidency of the Council of the EU

31 Dec, 2013

Greece assumes the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and it does so with a keen sense of its responsibility to its EU partners and all European citizens. Because the next six months will be a major turning point, not only for Greece itself, as it emerges from a crisis that has exacted many hard sacrifices from the Greek people, but also for the Union as a whole, as we make our final arguments in the debate on the future of our Union, ahead of the May 2014 European elections.

  • ECThe European Council (EC)

Prime Minister Samaras’ remarks at the European Council

27 Dec, 2013

The Greek Presidency will firstly aim to achieve tangible results on pending issues. We are called to tackle the economic and financial crisis, by safeguarding our common currency through the deepening of the EMU and by dealing with recession and unemployment through boosting growth. At the same time, security challenges in our external borders are forcing us to deal comprehensively with immigration issues; both for legitimate asylum seekers and for illegal immigrants.

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