Its restart legislative work, after the established vacation period, is characterized by relaxed discussion and introduction in the following days of bills that are not of political interest, since the vast majority of them are sanctions of international treaties. Respondents, however, are preparing for them. subsequent parliamentary conflicts, which will deal with sensitive issues of the moment, such as the case of surveillance, while there is a clear feeling among members of parliamentary groups that their thinking is now monopolized by the upcoming election campaign. Characteristically, at all yesterday’s meetings of the committees, an exchange of wishes for the re-election of incumbent deputies prevailed.

Only at a meeting on the draft law of the Ministry of Internal Affairs called “Multilevel governance and risk management in the public sector” SYRIZA, however, in a soft tone, mentioned one of the issues that are mainly raised by the official opposition in connection with the elections: Rapporteur SYRIZA Ang. Tolkas. A specific bill is planned to be submitted for final approval at the plenary session on 17 January.

Yesterday, legislation on the ratification of international agreements and contracts was also discussed in the competent committees of the ministries: 1) Foreign affairs between Greece and Egypt “for the hiring of seasonal workers in the agricultural sector.” 2) Environment and energy “For the conservation of migratory waterfowl of Africa and Eurasia (AEWA)”, “For the conservation of cetaceans of the Black Sea, the Mediterranean and adjacent areas of the Atlantic”, “For the reduction of acidification, eutrophication and ground-level ozone”. In addition, Minister of Immigration and Asylum N. Mitarakis briefed committee members yesterday on framework agreements on immigration and refugees, such as the “providing interpretation services.”

Today it is the turn of the Ministry of Culture and Sports to ratify the Greek-French agreement “on joint cinematographic production.” At public consultations, shortly before being submitted to Parliament, there are draft laws of the Ministries of Development, Justice, Infrastructure and Transport, Health and Human Services.

Finally, tomorrow and after such meetings, the Committee on Defense and Foreign Affairs will discuss with members of the relevant committee of the Luxembourg Parliament “the latest developments in the southeastern Mediterranean and the Aegean.”