Tallinn: Informal EU member state leaders' dinner a first step to decision making on Europe's future
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras underlined that in order to address the recent political crisis, which was a result of the EU's inability to effectively deal with the economic and migration crises in Europe, it is necessary to accept that the current situation is not "business as usual" and important initiatives must be taken by the summer on certain issues:
a) a social Europe based on growth rather than austerity and a new edifice for the eurozone (on which it presented the proposals of Greece),
b) a migration policy based on fair burden-sharing and effective combating of traffickers,
c) Euro-Turkish relations,
d) the EU-Western Balkans Summit and the rejuvenation of the Thessaloniki Agenda,
e) upgrading the EU's international and regional role and strengthening its defense policy.
Source: amna-mpa