An informal agreement between the Council and the European Parliament on the decision establishing a Union action for the European Capitals of Culture for the years 2020-2033 was endorsed on 29 January 2014 by the permanent representatives of the member states. Today (6.2.2014), the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education also endorsed the agreement. This paves the way for the official adoption of the decision by the Council during the Greek Presidency.

We take note of the vote today by the European Parliament on the amendments to the SRM regulation.

The SRM is one of the key elements of Europe's banking union and a top priority for the Greek Presidency. All parties involved should now move ahead with reinforced vigour to adopt the legislation before the end of the parliamentary term, as called for by the European Council in October.

The Committee of Permanent Representatives today (5.2.2014) endorsed an agreement between the Greek Presidency of the Council and European Parliament representatives with a view to establishing a European surveillance and tracking service (SST) aimed at enhancing the security of space infrastructures and the safety of satellite operations.

The SST support framework will be complementary to related activities carried out under Union programmes such as ‘Horizon 2020’, ‘Copernicus’ and
‘Galileo’.