The European Council, the first one to be chaired by its new president, Donald Tusk, took place on December 18 in Brussels. Its first session was dedicated to improving the investment climate in Europe.

In this regard, the EU Council called for setting up a European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) in the EIB Group with the aim to mobilise €315 billion in new investments between 2015 and 2017.

Upon his arrival at the Summit, PM Samaras made the following statement: "During this year’s third quarter in the Eurozone, Greece has had the fastest growing economy with the best, highest structural surplus. This spectacular comeback is due to an unprecedented sacrifice on behalf of all the people in Greece. The political system as a whole and I personally, will not allow anyone to gamble with these sacrifices and accomplishments. Therefore, I believe that political uncertainty in Greece will be soon put to an end."