Upcoming meeting of the EU Club with the BCCI on the occasion of the Greek Presidency to the EU Council

Meeting of the EU Club, January 2013 (archive)

On 14^th January 2014 a meeting of the EU Club with the BCCI will be held. It will be dedicated to the results of the Lithuanian presidency and the program priorities of the Greek one. Members of the EU Club are diplomats, representatives of the business, media etc.

The Greek Presidency's top priorities are:

• tackling the major problem of youth unemployment
• increasing the availability of credit to small and medium-sized businesses.

Its other aims include improving economic governance in the Eurozone and concluding negotiations on the next stage of banking union. The main aim here is to prevent a repeat of the recent financial crisis.

Greece also wants to step up EU action on illegal migration and make changes to EU strategy in the fields of maritime affairs and data protection legislation. Another issue on the agenda is reaching agreement on the use of first-generation bio-fuels and shale gas.

An important summit with African countries is scheduled to take place during the Greek presidency, and it is hoped that progress will be made on a new fishing agreement with Morocco.