The Greek Presidency: In the Shadow of War

Greek took over the Council Presidency on January 1, 2003, just when the US-led war on Iraq was looming, almost a year after the establishment of the Convention on the Future of Europe, and just days after the decision of the European Council in Copenhagen to let 10 central, eastern and southern Eur...

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Published inJournal of common market studies Vol. 42; no. s1; pp. 43 - 46
Main Authors Dimitrakopoulos, Dionyssis G., Passas, Argyris G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2004
Wiley Blackwell
SeriesJournal of Common Market Studies
Subjects
Councils
EU membership
Political appointments
Presidency
Sabotage
War
Greece
Europe
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Summary:Greek took over the Council Presidency on January 1, 2003, just when the US-led war on Iraq was looming, almost a year after the establishment of the Convention on the Future of Europe, and just days after the decision of the European Council in Copenhagen to let 10 central, eastern and southern European countries in to the EU. Faced with this set of challenges was the most maturely pro-European Prime Minister Greece has had since its accession in January 1981. The Greek government identified 5 priority areas that reflected a mixture of national and European issues: 1. enlargement, 2. the implementation of the Lisbon strategy, 3. immigration and asylum, 4. the debate on the future of Europe, and 5. the role of the EU as an international actor.
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ArticleID:JCMS500
ISSN:0021-9886
1468-5965
DOI:10.1111/j.0021-9886.2004.00500.x