First meeting of the committee for organizing Greece’s EU Presidency

In the beingness of the Minister of Justice, Giorgos Floridis, the archetypal gathering of the committee for organizing Greece’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union successful the 2nd fractional of 2027 took spot today.

Mr. Floridis thanked the members of the committee for their information and stated: “With this Committee, Greece is represented by salient figures from the ineligible satellite with planetary recognition. The Committee has the important ngo of shaping and proposing the themes that volition beryllium promoted during our Presidency successful the tract of Justice, coordinating the enactment of the Council of the EU’s legislative moving groups, arsenic good arsenic organizing the indispensable meetings with EU institutions and the delegations of subordinate states, successful bid to beforehand the objectives of the Greek Presidency.”

During the inaugural meeting, organizational issues related to the functioning of moving groups and the mentation of Ministerial Councils were discussed. The thematic priorities to beryllium promoted wrong the model of practice betwixt the 3 subordinate states—Ireland, Lithuania, and Greece—which volition successively clasp the Presidency of the Council of the EU, were besides outlined.

At the archetypal session, chaired by Ioanna Klapa, the pursuing participants were present: Linos-Alexandros Sicilianos, Professor astatine the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and erstwhile President of the European Court of Human Rights; Vassilios Skouris, Emeritus Professor astatine the Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and erstwhile President of the Court of Justice of the European Union; Charalambos Pamboukis, Emeritus Professor astatine NKUA and President of the Hellenic Institute of International and Foreign Law; Maria Simitsi, erstwhile Vice President of the Supreme Court; Agapi Chalkiadaki-Galenianou, Honorary Councillor of State; Georgios Georgiadis, Associate Professor astatine NKUA; Georgios Kasimis, Court of Appeal justice seconded to the Permanent Greek Representation to the EU; Vassilios Petropoulos, Assistant Professor astatine NKUA; Andreas Koutsoulambros, President of the Athens Bar Association and of the Plenary of Greek Bar Associations; and Marina Skandali, Associate Judge of the Council of State, seconded to the Special Legal Service of the Minister of Justice.