Holding the presidency of the EU is an opportunity for Greece to show its after-crisis face, Government Vice President and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos told European Parliament members at a meeting held at the Hellenic parliament yesterday.

Addressing the conference of Community and European Affairs Committees of Parliaments of the European Union (COSAC), Venizelos said that "the Greek EU presidency is an opportunity to promote another image, Greece΄s post-crisis image, because for us these six months (of Greece΄s EU presidency) will be the six months that will confirm the final exit from the crisis and from the memorandum after years of huge sacrifices," he said.