Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-09-23
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[01] Justice minister attends informal council of ministers in Finland
[01] Justice minister attends informal council of ministers in Finland
Justice Minister Anastasios Papaligouras participated in the European
Union's informal Council of Justice and Internal Affairs Ministers that
convened in the city of Tampere in Finland. An announcement by the
justice ministry on Friday stressed that the most important issue at
the ministerial council was the implementation of the Tampere European
Council's guidelines.
These guidelines laid the foundations in the sectors of freedom,
security and justice, as well as for the further application of the
Hague programme that specialised the principles formulated at the
Finnish city.
The Greek justice minister pointed out, according to the announcement,
that it is necessary to maintain unanimity in the taking of decisions
concerning human rights and citizens' freedoms, since these rights
constitute the sensitive nucleus of democracy.
Papaligouras underlined that Greece does not agree with the
implementation of article 42 of the European Union's Treaty on the
subjection of sectors requiring the taking of decisions with unanimity
to a process of decisions with a special majority.
However, he requested the taking of measures for the improvement of the
way decisions are taken in the sectors of justice and internal affairs
with the enactment of control and evaluation processes for the
implementation of legislative measures taken so far.
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