Alexis Tsipras, Greek Prime Minister, is the ninth EU leader to debate the future of Europe with MEPs and Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the EC, on Tuesday morning.

The Europeans want the EU to change. This is why the European Parliament is taking the leadership over a reform of the EU.

Parliament set out its vision for the future of Europe in three resolutions voted in plenary session on 16 February 2017. MEPs suggested, among other things:

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	<li>turning the Council of Ministers into a genuine second legislative chamber, and its configurations into preparatory bodies similar to Parliament’s committees,</li>
	<li>appointing an EU finance minister and giving the EU Commission the power to formulate and give effect to a common EU economic policy, backed up by a euro-area budget, and</li>
	<li>creating a fiscal capacity consisting of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and specific additional budgetary capacity for the euro area, funded by its members as a part of the EU budget.</li>
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Debate on the Future of Europe with Alexis TSIPRAS, Greek Prime Minister

EP Plenary - Debate with the Greek Prime Minister on the Future of Europe

Visit of Alexis TSIPRAS - Prime Minister of Greece - Bilateral meeting

Ahead of the Informal meeting of the 27 heads of state or government, Socialist leaders meet at PES headquarters in Brussels. Arrivals of Frans TIMMERMANS, first EC vice-president, Joseph MUSCAT, Maltese Prime Minister, Udo BULLMAN MEP, acting President of the S&D group, Stefan LÖFVEN, Swedish Prime Minister, Karl-Heinz LAMBERTZ, President of the European Committee of the Regions, Sergei STANISHEV, President of PES, Alexis TSIPRAS, Greek Prime Minister, Federica MOGHERINI, Paolo GENTILONI, Italian Prime Minister. Statement byUdo BULLMANN (S&D, DE).

TSÍPRAS, Aléxis (EL)

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