A meeting of European Affairs Ministers and top officials of the European Parliament and the Party of European Socialists (PES) will take place in Athens, on 8 September.The meeting is a follow-up to a similar meeting of European Socialist ministers that took place on 15 July, in Rome – a meeting to which Greek ministers Nikos Pappas and Nikos Xydakis were invited. The participants aspire to contribute to the shaping of common positions on a Europe that is progressive, with a social profile, ahead of the informal European Council of Bratislava and the major challenges facing the EU.The issues to...