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Congress President meets with the President of Greece, Prokopios Pavlopoulos
The President of the Congress Gudrun Mosler-Törnström met the President of Greece, Prokopios Pavlopoulos, in Athens on 25 May 2017, together with the head of the Greek delegation to the Congress, Michalis Angelopoulos. They held a wide-ranging exchange of views on the situation of refugees in Greece and the role of local authorities in this connection, and particularly of the island municipalities which shoulder much of the responsibility for receiving refugees. They also touched more broadly on the role of local and regional authorities in the Council of Europe's member States as well as the political dialogue those authorities need to initiate with central authorities regarding the main challenges they face. Initial bilateral talks between the President of the Congress and the President of Greece had taken place in Strasbourg in April 2017 during the President's visit to the Council of Europe.
presidency Athens 25 May 2017
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