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  • ECOFINEconomic & Financial Affairs (ECOFIN)

Final adoption of the bank recovery and resolution directive and progress on important tax files at ECOFIN (Brussels, 6.5.2014)

06 May, 2014

In today’s ECOFIN meeting, the Greek Presidency welcomed the final adoption of the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive. “Together with two other key texts recently approved by the European Parliament (the Single Resolution Mechanism and the recast Directive on Deposit Guarantee Schemes), the BRRD completes the legislative work underpinning the Banking Union and constitutes a very important achievement in restoring confidence in the EU’s banks after the recent financial crisis”.
  • AGRIAgriculture & Fisheries (AGRI)

«AGRIdiversity»: the diversity of European agriculture at the heart of EU policies (Athens 4-6 May 2014)

06 May, 2014

The informal meeting of EU ministers of Agriculture took place in Athens from 4 to 6 of May, chaired by the Greek Minister of Rural Development and Food Mr Athanasios Tsaftaris. The key issue of the agenda was “Transforming the European agricultural diversity into strength”.
 
The Greek Presidency has chosen this specific topic with the goal to further turn the European diversity into strength. 
 
  • EUThe Presidency (EU)

Art inspired by our Union: Tintinnabullum Europeanum in Strasbourg

05 May, 2014

The Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union, in cooperation with the European Parliament presents in Strasbourg, the sound sculpture "Tintinnabullum Europeanum", by the artist Eleni Fotiadou, an artwork that reflects common European values.

Tintinnabullum is inspired by the potential unifying role of the European Union through a common culture that now more than ever is strongly claimed. The artwork  responds to the classical law of physics that “Things synchronized in tone, resonate”.

  • ECOFINEconomic & Financial Affairs (ECOFIN)

Parent Subsidiaries Directive, Financial Transaction Tax and In-Depth Reviews 2014 on the ECOFIN agenda (06.05.2014)

02 May, 2014

A proposal for an amended Directive on the common system of taxation applicable in the case of parent companies and subsidiaries of different Member States, a proposal for a Directive implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of Financial Transaction Tax, the In-Depth Reviews 2014 in the context of the Macroeconomic Imbalances Procedure and the follow-up to the international finance meetings last month in Washington D.C. are the main topics of the ECOFIN Council on 6 May, under the presidency of the Greek Minister of Finance, Yannis Stournaras.

  • AGRIAgriculture & Fisheries (AGRI)

The diversity of European agriculture at the heart of EU policies (Informal meeting of Agriculture ministers, Athens 4-6.05.2014)

02 May, 2014

Greek Minister of Rural Development and Food and AgriFish Council Chairman, A.Tsaftaris highlights the key issue on the agenda: “AGRidiversity»: the diversity of European agriculture at the heart of EU policies”.

  • COMPETCompetitiveness (COMPET)
  • EPSCOEmployment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO)

Bridging the gap in e-skills: Back to work people!

02 May, 2014

On May 6, the Greek presidency, together with the Federation of Hellenic ICT Enterprises will hold, on 6 May, its grand event: E-skills for jobs 2014 - Mobilising to support job creation and upskilling of the workforce.
  • EYCSEducation, Youth, Culture & Sport (EYCS)

Greek Presidency signs Marrakesh Treaty on behalf of the EU

02 May, 2014

EU signed, on 30 April 2014, the Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to published works for blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled persons.

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