Inaugural meeting of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU with the EC

Group photo: from left to right, in the 1st row: Diego López Garrido, Spanish Secretary of State for the EU, Antonio Tajani, Vice-President of the EC in charge of Industry and Entrepreneurship, Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the EC in charge of the Digital Agenda, Manuel Chavez González, Third Vice-President of the Spanish Government and Spanish Minister for Territorial Policy, Viviane Reding, Vice President of the EC in charge of Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, Spanish First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Presidency, José Manuel Barroso, President of the EC, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spanish Prime Minister, Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the EC, Elena Salgado Méndez, Second Vice-President of the Spanish Government and Spanish Minister for Economy and Finance, Joaquín Almunia, Vice President of the EC in charge of Competition, Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC in charge of Transport, and Maroš Šefčovič, Vice President of the EC in charge of Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration, in the 2nd row: Karel de Gucht, Member of the EC in charge of Trade, Celestino Corbacho Chaves, Spanish Minister for Labour and Immigration, Androulla Vassiliou, Member of the EC in charge of Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, José Blanco López, Spanish Minister for Development, Francisco Caamaño Domínguez, Spanish Minister for Justice, Janez Potočnik, Member of the EC in charge of the Environment, Miguel Ángel Moratinos, Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Olli Rehn, Member of the EC in charge of Economic and Monetary Affairs, Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, Spanish Minister for Home Affairs, Michel Barnier, Member of the EC in charge of Internal Market and Services, Ángel Gabilondo Pujol, Spanish Minister for Education, Andris Piebalgs, Member of the EC in charge of Development, Algirdas Šemeta, Member of the EC in charge of Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud, Miguel Sebastián Gascón, Spanish Minister for Trade, Industry and Tourism, and John Dalli, Member of the EC in charge of Health and Consumer Policy, in the 3rd row: Cecilia Malmström, Member of the EC in charge of Home Affairs, Štefan Füle, Member of the EC in charge of Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, Johannes Hahn, Member of the EC in charge of Regional Policy, Cristina Garmendia Mendizábal, Spanish Minister for Sciences and Innovation, Kristalina Georgieva, Member of the EC in charge of International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Trinidad Jiménez, Spanish Minister for Health and Social Policy, Janusz Lewandowski, Member of the EC in charge of Budget and Financial Programming, Elena Espinosa Mangana, Spanish Minister for Environment, Rural and Marine Affairs, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, Member of the EC in charge of Research, Innovation and Science, Ángeles González-Sinde Reig, Spanish Minister for Culture, Maria Damanaki, Member of the EC in charge of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Beatriz Corredor Sierra, Spanish Minister for Housing, Günther Oettinger, Member of the EC in charge of Energy, Bibiana Aído Almagro, Spanish Minister for Equality, Connie Hedegaard, Member of the EC in charge of Climate Action, László Andor, Member of the EC in charge of Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, and Dacian Cioloş, Member of the EC in charge of Agriculture and Rural Developmen