Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Nikos Xydakis will welcome EU counterparts in Athens on September 8, in a meeting of EU Ministers of European Affairs and top officials of the European Parliament. The main aim of the meeting will be the need to form a common position for a “progressive Europe, with a social face” ahead of the informal European Council meeting in Bratislava.
The issues discussed will focus on the European Union after the British referendum, policies to upgrade the EU, deepening of unification, fighting youth unemployment, protecting employment and social rights, fair growth, tackling the refugee and migration issue, security and foreign policy, as well as the active connection of citizens with EU institutions,
Among those who will attend is French European affairs minister, Harlem Désir, Germany’s Michael Roth, Italy’s Sandro Gozi, Portugal’s Margarida Marques, Sweden’s Margot Wallström, Maltese Parliamentary Secretary for the EU Presidency 2017, Ian Borg, and the Vice-President of the European Parliament, Dimitris Papadimoulis.
The Greek government will be represented by State Minister Nikos Papas. The European Socialists & Democrats Party (S&D) will be represented among others by its Vice President, Enrique Guerrero Salom.
The event is a continuation of a similar meeting of European socialist ministers on July 15 in Rome. It will be held at the newly opened Stavros Niarchos Foundation at Faliro.
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