Greece to Mark 40th Anniversary of EU Membership at Zappeion Hall

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Greece to Mark 40th Anniversary of EU Membership at Zappeion Hall

May 25, 2021

A pedestrian wearing a face mask and plastic gloves to protect from the coronavirus walks in front of Zappeio Hall in Athens, Thursday, April 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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ATHENS — The 40th anniversary of Greece's accession to the European Economic Community (EEC), the predecessor to the European Union, will be commemorated at a special event to be held in Zappeion Hall at 19:00 on Thursday.

The event will also mark the official launch of the European Commission’s "Conference on the Future of Europe", which is a citizen-led series of debates and discussions of ideas about the bloc's future.

It is organized by the Foreign Affairs Ministry and Alternate Minister for European issues Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, who will address attendees, with the support of the European Parliament Office in Greece and the European Commission Representative Office in Athens.

President Katerina Sakellaropoulou will attend the event, while speeches are expected by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, European Parliament President David Sassoli and European Council President Charles Michel. Portuguese Prime Minister and EU Council President-in-office Antonio Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will both address attendees via recorded messages.

A photography exhibition marking the occasion will also be inaugurated on the same day.

The event will be covered by national broadcaster ERT and live-streamed on the official Facebook pages of the Greek Foreign Ministry (https://www.facebook.com/mfa.gr), of the European Parliament Office in Greece (https://www.facebook.com/EPHellas/?rf=352986208481401), and of the European Commission Representative Office in Athens (https://www.facebook.com/EURepresentationGreece/).

It can also be followed at these hashtags: #FuturEUgr #CoFoE #40ΕλλάδαΕΕ.

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