Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 14-01-29
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[01] European Parliament delegation in Athens on Wednesday
[01] European Parliament delegation in Athens on Wednesday
ANA-MPA/ A seven-member delegation of the Economic and Monetary Issues
committee of the Europarliament is paying a two-day visit to Athens in
the framework of the European Parliament's review of the implementation
of the troika's policies in the member states under fiscal adjustment
programmes.
Vice president of the European Parliament and co-rapporteur of the
committee's report Othmar Karas and co-rapporteur and member of the
Europarliament Liem Hoang Ngoc participate in the delegation. Greece
is represented by Europarliament MPs Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou and
Nikos Hountis.
The European Parliament delegation will start its series of meetings on
Wednesday with Greek Parliament president Evangelos Meimarakis.
Afterwards the Greek parliament's vice presidents and the presidiums
of the committees of Finance, Social Affairs, Production and Commerce,
Institutions and Transparency, Budget Review and European Affairs will
have a joint meeting with a delegation of the European Parliament's
Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee.
Moreover, the delegation will also meet with Finance Minister
Yannis Stournaras, the vice presidents of the Bank of Greece (BoG),
representatives of the Greek Banks Union, representatives of the
Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV), the Hellenic Confederation of
Professionals, Craftsmen and Merchants (GSEVEE), the Hellenic Chamber
of Trade and Commerce, the public sector umbrella union (ADEDY) and
private sector umbrella union (GSEE), academics and experts as well as
with representatives of the Civil Society.
The Europarliament delegation will give a press conference on Thursday
at 12.30 at the Europarliament office in Athens.
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