SUPPLEMENT / “europe/documents” no. 2578

A Spartan Greek Presidency at the service of growth and cohesion

Article by Camille-Cerise Gessant and Lionel Changeur

I. - INTRODUCTION

Following on from the presidency of a “new country” from the east of the EU, we move towards the Mediterranean. Taking over from Lithuania and the final country of the trio (with Ireland), Greece assumed the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union on 1 January 2014.

For its fifth presidency, the country, which is under financial assistance, intends to prove that it can carry out its presidency as...