Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs G. Katrougalos today participated in the EU General Affairs Council meeting on the European Union’s upcoming legislative work. In his intervention, Mr. Katrougalos stressed that “the key priority should be to strengthen the EU’s social and democratic dimension, so that we can respond to our societies’ justifiable fears that our children are at risk of having worse lives than ours.”In this context, he welcomed the Commission proposal for proclaiming the new Pillar of European Social Rights at the November Summit Meeting, though he underscored that it needs to become more specific and, in particular, legally binding. As an example of the vital ambitious changes Europe needs, he referred to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ proposal for establishing the post of Minister of Social Cohesion of the Eurozone, who would head a Eurogroup of Labour and Social Employment Ministers tasked with confronting the volatile inequalities within and between the Eurozone states. Mr. Katrougalos also participated in the meeting of European Affairs Ministers from the Party of European Socialists and met with Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete.
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