{"id":10421,"date":"2026-06-12T16:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T13:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=10421"},"modified":"2026-06-12T16:46:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T13:46:00","slug":"tassos-hatzivassiliou-greeces-presidency-of-the-european-council-is-a-national-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=10421","title":{"rendered":"Tassos Hatzivassiliou: Greece\u2019s Presidency of the European Council is a national priority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c<b>I return with a sense of responsibility, joy, and emotion, taking on the European Affairs portfolio<\/b>,\u201d stated <b>Tassos Hatzivassiliou<\/b>, following his <b>swearing-in ceremony<\/b> and his assumption of duties as <b>Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. <b>Hatzivassiliou <\/b>in a statement <b>warmly thanked Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis<\/b> for the trust and honor of appointing him Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, emphasizing that he is returning to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Taking on the portfolio of European Affairs, Mr. <b>Hatzivassiliou <\/b>highlighted the common challenges facing European Union societies today, as well as on <b>preparations for Greece\u2019s Presidency of the European Council in 2027, which he described as a national priority<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs noted that \u201c<b>it is an honor for me to work toward achieving our collective national goals, always guided by the interests of my country and my fellow citizens in Serres and throughout Greece<\/b>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hatzivassiliou\u2019s statement in full:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI warmly thank Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for his trust and for the honor of appointing me Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>I return with a sense of responsibility, joy, and emotion, taking on the portfolio of European Affairs. The common challenges facing EU societies and, of course, the preparation for Greece\u2019s Presidency of the European Council in 2027 are national priorities.<\/p>\n<p>It is an honor for me to work toward achieving our collective national goals, always guided by the interests of my country and my fellow citizens in Serres and throughout Greece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI return with a sense of responsibility, joy, and emotion as I take on the European Affairs portfolio,\u201d said Tassos Hadjivassiliou, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}