The Lithuanian EU presidency will pay particular attention to ensuring financial stability, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė told the country’s parliament today holding a solemn sitting to mark the start of the EU Council presidency.
“Over the upcoming six months, we will work on strengthening the EU’s financial stability and responsibility. We will strengthen the European Monetary Union. We will develop the single market and promote business competitiveness and innovations,” the president said.
In her words, “economic and energy competition today still raises more issues than the EU is able to answer” and Asian and Latin American countries are challenging Europe. “And if we fail to make effort to change the situation, it will be increasingly difficult for us to compete,” Grybauskaitė said.
The Lithuanian president named non-competitive prices of energy resources in the whole Europe as one of the reasons for that.
“Being only “a consumer” of the EU is not the goal of Lithuania. Our politicians, business, artists and all citizens want to contribute to the creation of a successful future for Europe. We are ready to work hard on the creation of a safe and rich European home,” she said
Source: 15min.lt + BNS + vi-eu-ws
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