Greece entered the European Economic Community on 1 January 1981.

Greece is a member of the eurozone since 1 January 2001 and of the Schengen area since 1 January 2000. Greece is a parliamentary republic with a head of government&nbsp; who has the most political power, and the head of state whose duties are largely ceremonial.

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EU - Greece - 8th parliamentary term

Greece’s economy returned to growth in 2017, expanding by 1.4%, driven by a surge in investment and accumulation in inventories, on the back of improving economic sentiment.

According to the Spring 2018 Commission (COM) forecast, real GDP growth is to accelerate to 1.8% in 2018 and 2.3% in 2019.

The Eurogroup of 22 June 2018 stated that the Greek authorities have completed all the agreed prior actions of the final review of the ESM (European Semester Spring) programme.

The Eurogroup has agreed on a debt relief package to safeguard Greece’s debt sustainability, expressed in terms of Gross Financing Needs.

Economic situation in Greece

Alexis Tsipras, Greek Prime Minister, is the ninth EU leader to debate the future of Europe with MEPs and Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the EC, on Tuesday morning.

The Europeans want the EU to change. This is why the European Parliament is taking the leadership over a reform of the EU.

Parliament set out its vision for the future of Europe in three resolutions voted in plenary session on 16 February 2017. MEPs suggested, among other things:

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	<li>turning the Council of Ministers into a genuine second legislative chamber, and its configurations into preparatory bodies similar to Parliament’s committees,</li>
	<li>appointing an EU finance minister and giving the EU Commission the power to formulate and give effect to a common EU economic policy, backed up by a euro-area budget, and</li>
	<li>creating a fiscal capacity consisting of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and specific additional budgetary capacity for the euro area, funded by its members as a part of the EU budget.</li>
</ul>

Debate on the Future of Europe with Alexis TSIPRAS, Greek Prime Minister

EP President Roberta Metsola, meets with Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic and they speak to the press. She meets with Ms Katerina Sakellaropoulou, President of the Hellenic Republic and Mr Constantine Tassoulas, President of the Hellenic Parliament. She delivers the keynote speech "The EU ahead of the European Elections" at the Hellenic Parliament and holds a Town Hall Discussion with young people, at the Athens Conservatory.

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Athens (Greece)

PETI Hearing on Greek train crash of February 2023 - ‘ Group of persons affected by the train accident at Tempi, Greece '

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Athens (Greece) - Townhall Discussion with Young People

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Athens (Greece) - Speech at the Plenary Hall of the Hellenic Parliament

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Athens (Greece) - Bilateral Meeting with Constantine TASSOULAS, Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Athens (Greece) - Bilateral Meeting with Katerina SAKELLAROPOULOU, President of the Hellenic republic

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Athens (Greece) - Bilateral Meeting with Kyriakos MITSOTAKIS, Greek Prime Minister

EP Plenary session - Voting session

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Giorgos GERAPETRITIS, Minister of Foreign Affairs for European Affairs of Greece

EP Plenary session - Council and Commission statements - Rule of Law and Media freedom in Greece

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Kyriakos MITSOTAKIS, Greek Prime Minister

LIBE Committee - Exchange of views on the migrant boat shipwreck off the coast of Greece

LIBE mission to Athens, Greece - News conference

LIBE mission to Athens, Greece - Meeting with Alison Gatt, Head of the European Affairs Sector, EUAA, and Jette Christiansen, Head of Greece sector, EUAA.

LIBE mission to Athens, Greece - Meetings with Eleni TOULOUPAKI, Maria GAVOUNELI, Dimitris VERVESOS

Meeting with the President Christos RAMOS and representatives of the Hellenic Authority for Communication Security and Privacy.

LIBE mission to Athens, Greece - Meeting with representatives of the National Transparency Authority (NTA)

LIBE mission to Athens, Greece - Meeting with representatives of Border police and Frontex

First publication of available national estimates from Netherlands, Austria, Cyprus, Germany, Greece and Malta at 18.40. On Sunday 9th June 2024, the hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels transforms into a press room on the occasion of the election night. Over several hours, journalists from all over Europe follow the results thanks to national estimates and exit polling data. From 6 to 9 June 2024, around 360 million Europeans are called to the polls to elect the 720 members of the next European Parliament. The constitutive session of the newly elected Parliament will take place in July, in Strasbourg. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

European Elections Night 2024 - First publication of available national estimates from Netherlands, Austria, Cyprus, Germany, Greece and Malta at 18.40

This footage shows Greek voters arriving at polling stations in Athens (Greece) and casting their ballots. It also includes exterior shots of the city of Athens, such as the Acropolis, the Parthenon, Syntagma Square, and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The European elections in Greece are held on the 9th of June and the polling stations will be open, from 7.00 to 19.00.Voters will elect 21 Members of the European Parliament in 2024, same number as in 2019. Preference-based voting system is used,which gives voters the opportunity to choose specific candidates. Those who turn 17 during the year of the elections, have the right to vote. Citizens in the EU Member States elect their representatives to the European Parliament during the European elections of 6 to 9 June. The newly elected Members, representing EU citizens until 2029, meet in July to elect their President, Vice-Presidents and Quaestors.

European elections 2024 - Ambiance shots of polling stations in Athens (Greece)

This footage shows Greek voters arriving at polling stations in Corinth (Greece) and casting their ballots. In addition, it shows exterior shots of the locations of the city of Corinth. The European elections in Greece are held on the 9th of June and the polling stations will be open, from 7.00 to 19.00.Voters will elect 21 Members of the European Parliament in 2024, same number as in 2019. Preference-based voting system is used,which gives voters the opportunity to choose specific candidates. Those who turn 17 during the year of the elections, have the right to vote. Citizens in the EU Member States elect their representatives to the European Parliament during the European elections of 6 to 9 June. The newly elected Members, representing EU citizens until 2029, meet in July to elect their President, Vice-Presidents and Quaestors. They decide on the composition of Parliament's standing and sub committees - thereby launching the new legislative term.

European elections 2024 - Ambiance shots of polling stations in Corinth (Greece)

This news item shows how Greek citizens living abroad are using the newly instituted postal vote mechanism. For the first time, Greek citizens living in Greece or abroad can vote for the European elections by postal vote. Those who have registered to vote by post have received already the respective envelopes from the Ministry of Interior in order to cast their ballots. These envelopes must reach the sorting centers by 5:00 PM on the eve of the European elections (June 8, 2024) The elections are held in Greece on 9 June 2024. Voters will elect 21 Members of the European Parliament in 2024, the same number as in the 2019 elections. Those who turn 17 during the year of the elections have the right to vote. Citizens in the EU Member States elect their representatives to the European Parliament during the European elections of 6 to 9 June.

European elections 2024 - Postal vote mechanism, from Greece or abroad

EP President, Roberta METSOLA, talks with young people at Athens' Town Hall.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Athens (Greece): extracts from Town Hall discussion with young people

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Kyriakos MITSOTAKIS, Greek Prime Minister. The footage shows extracts of their bilateral meeting and press point in Athens during which Metsola mentions a tribute to the death of Alexei Navarny, and the importance of European elections.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Athens (Greece): extracts from arrival, meeting with Kyriakos MITSOTAKIS, Greek Prime Minister and press point

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Katerina SAKELLAROPOULOU, President of Greece, on the occasion of her official visit to Greece. This footage shows extracts from the official visit.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Athens (Greece): extracts from arrival and meeting with Katerina SAKELLAROPOULOU, President of Greece

EP President Roberta METSOLA addresses to the Hellenic Parliament during her official visit to Athens (Greece). This footage shows extracts from from her meeting with the President of the Greek Parliament, Constantin TASSOULAS and of her speech with key remarks on the death of Alexei Navalny and the importance of the upcoming European elections (6-9 June 2024).

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Athens (Greece): extracts from arrival, meeting with Constantin TASSOULAS, President of the Hellenic Parliament and address to the Hellenic Parliament

Leading up to the European Parliament elections in June 2024, Metsola intends to tour all EU Member States, urging citizens to participate in the voting process. Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, delivers a speech during a joint meeting of the Committees for European Affairs, National Defense and Foreign Affairs, Cultural and Educational Affairs, and Equality, Youth and Human Rights, at the Plenary Hall of the Hellenic Parliament, during her official visit to Athens. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Speech by Roberta METSOLA, EP President at the Plenary Hall of the Hellenic Parliament

Leading up to the European Parliament elections in June 2024, Metsola intends to tour all EU Member States, urging citizens to participate in the voting process. Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, and Kyriakos MITSOTAKIS, Greek Prime Minister, speak to the press after at the end of their meeting during her official visit to Athens. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Joint press statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Kyriakos MITSOTAKIS, Greek Prime Minister

MEPs vote on the following topics: Temporary derogation from certain provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC for the purpose of combating online child sexual abuse; Empowering the French Republic to negotiate, sign and conclude an international agreement on the safety and interoperability requirements within the Channel Fixed Link; Conclusion of the Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Angola; Amendments to the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) and to the Directive relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITSD); Instant payments in euro; Limit values for lead and its inorganic compounds and diisocyanates; Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed; Norway's recent decision to advance seabed mining in the Arctic; and Rule of law and media freedom in Greece.

Voting session

MEPs debate on the state of the rule of law and media freedom in Greece with Council and Commission representatives during the plenary session in Strasbourg. MEPs have expressed concerns about the respect for EU values in Greece on multiple occasions, including the use of spyware and allegations of political intervention in the investigations, and media freedom and the safety of journalists, especially in light of the lack of progress in the investigation into the murder of journalist Giorgos Karaivaz in 2021. Closing statement by Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice.

Rule of Law and Media freedom in Greece: Closing statement by Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice

MEPs debate on the state of the rule of law and media freedom in Greece with Council and Commission representatives during the plenary session in Strasbourg. MEPs have expressed concerns about the respect for EU values in Greece on multiple occasions, including the use of spyware and allegations of political intervention in the investigations, and media freedom and the safety of journalists, especially in light of the lack of progress in the investigation into the murder of journalist Giorgos Karaivaz in 2021. MEPs debate.

Rule of Law and Media freedom in Greece: MEPs debate

MEPs debate on the state of the rule of law and media freedom in Greece with Council and Commission representatives during the plenary session in Strasbourg. MEPs have expressed concerns about the respect for EU values in Greece on multiple occasions, including the use of spyware and allegations of political intervention in the investigations, and media freedom and the safety of journalists, especially in light of the lack of progress in the investigation into the murder of journalist Giorgos Karaivaz in 2021. Opening statement by Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice. The transcription is the result of an automatic process. Please, check against delivery.

Rule of Law and Media freedom in Greece: Opening statement by Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice

Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament meets with Kyriakos MITSOTAKIS, Greek Prime Minister, in Strasbourg. They discuss the recent wildfires that Greece has faced. Handshake and roundtable. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Kyriakos MITSOTAKIS, Greek Prime Minister: handshake and roundtable

Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, meets with Kyriakos MITSOTAKIS, Greek Prime Minister, in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Extracts of the arrival, welcome and roundtable

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Kyriakos MITSOTAKIS, Greek Prime Minister: arrival and welcome

MEPs of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) discuss with Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs, and Hans LEIJTENS, Frontex's Executive director, about the migrant boat shipwreck off the coastal town of Pylos (Greece), where on June 14 at least 79 migrants drowned and hundreds more were missing.

Exchange of views on the migrant boat shipwreck off the coast of Greece: extracts

&lt;p>Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Kyriakos MITSOTAKIS, Greek Prime Minister at the European Parliament in Brussels. Before the bilateral meeting, they speak to the press.&lt;/p>

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