Germany takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union at a particularly crucial point: Europe and the world have been faced with a multidimensional and unprecedented challenge for months, whereas urgent issues of geostrategical nature call for an enhanced presence of the EU. Parallel to these, the bilateral relations between Greece and Germany are following a stable path and both sided envisage a further deepening of their cooperation in several fields.

In this context, the KAS Greece/Cyprus Office presented at an online event on Tuesday, 30 June 2020 the findings of a poll on the perception of the German policies in the European Union and internationally, but also on the present and future of the relations between Greece and Germany. Moreover, our speakers exchanged views on the goals and priorities of the upcoming German Presidency of the Council of the EU.

Presentation of the results of the Poll:

- Dimitrios Mavros, CEO, MRB Hellas

Comments – Discussion:

- Dr. Ernst Reichel, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Greece

- Stelios Kympouropoulos, Member of the European Parliament (EPP)

- Anna Diamantopoulou, President, DIKTIO - Network for Reform in Greece and Europe, f. EU Commissioner & Greek Cabinet Minister

Moderator: Tassos Telloglou, Journalist

The event took place on Tuesday, 30 June 2020 at 17:30 (Greek timezone, GMT+3) and was streamed on our Facebook Page "Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Greece and Cyprus" and on Youtube "Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Greece & Cyprus Office".

The video of the event is available here.