Vytautas Leskevicius on Priorities of the Incoming Lithuanian EU Presidency
Channel: IIEA
Date: 2013-07-22

About the Speech:
 
For its six-month Presidency (July-December 2013), Lithuania has chosen to focus on promoting a credible, growing and open Europe. It will place a particular focus on the creation of a Banking Union, the deepening of Economic and Monetary Union, the implementation of the Single Market Acts I and II, the Digital Single Market, and the Internal Energy Market, the continuation of the enlargement process and the control of the Union's external borders.
 
About the Speaker:
 
Vytautas Leskevicius was appointed Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs with the responsibility for the Council Presidency in March 2012. Previously, he served as Political Director in the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.