Dora Bakoyannis is a former Minister of Foreign Affairs in Greece. She is a liberal politician and MP with a deep-rooted faith in the European Idea.

Bio:
1992-93: Minister of Culture
2003-06: Mayor of Athens. (The first female mayor in the city’s history, and the first woman to serve as mayor of a city hosting the Olympic Games)
2006-09: Minister of Foreign affairs
2013- : VP of the EPP/ CD Group of the Council of Europe

Special focus will be given on how the austerity measures have resulted in a humanitarian crisis in a European country such as Greece, a country which simultaneously is required to manage an unprecedented refugee flow.

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