Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs for European Affairs, Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, will participate tomorrow, Tuesday, December 14, in the General Affairs Council (GAC) of the European Union, which will be held in Brussels.
The discussion will focus on the preparation of the European Council of 16 and 17 December 2021, whose agenda includes addressing the COVID 19 pandemic, crisis management and resilience, energy prices, security and defence issues, external aspects of migration as well as the Union's external relations.
The GAC agenda also includes the enlargement / stabilization and association process, the state of play as regards the rule of law in Poland and the values of the European Union in Hungary, as well as anti-Semitism, EU legislative priorities for 2022 and the 18-month program of the Council (1 January 2022 - 30 June 2023). The Slovenian Presidency will also inform Ministers about the latest developments as regards the Conference on the Future of Europe and, together with the incoming French Presidency, will present the roadmap for the European Semester 2022.
Earlier, Mr. Varvitsiotis will participate in the EU-Serbia Intergovernmental Conference on the country's accession process.
On Wednesday, December 15, the Alternate Minister will hold a bilateral meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium, Sophie Wilmès, while on Thursday, December 16, he will meet with Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakidou.
On December 16 and 17, Mr. Varvitsiotis will accompany Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to the proceedings of the European Council.
December 13, 2021