GENERAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL Brussels, 7 March 2017 Participants Belgium: Mr Didier REYNDERS Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, with responsibility for Beliris and Federal Cultural Institutions Bulgaria: Ms Deniza SLATEVA Deputy Prime Minister for the Preparation of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU, 2018 Czech Republic: Mr Jakub DÜRR Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Denmark: Mr Anders SAMUELSEN Minister for Foreign Affairs Germany: Mr Michael ROTH Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Estonia: Mr Sven MIKSER Minister of Foreign Affairs Ireland: Mr Dara MURPHY Minister of State for European Affairs, Data Protection and the EU Single Digital Market Greece: Mr Georgios KATROUGKALOS Alternate Minister for Foreign Affairs Spain: Mr Jorge TOLEDO ALBIÑANA State Secretary for the European Union France: Mr Harlem DÉSIR Minister of State to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development, with responsibility for European Affairs Croatia: Ms Marija PEJČINOVIĆ BURIĆ State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs Italy: Mr Sandro GOZI State Secretary, Prime Minister's Office Cyprus: Mr Ioannis KASOULIDES Minister for Foreign Affairs Latvia: Ms Sanita PAVĻUTA-DESLANDES Permanent Representative Lithuania: Mr Albinas ZANANAVIČIUS Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Luxembourg Mr Georges FRIDEN Permanent Representative Hungary: Mr Szabolcs TAKÁCS Minister of State for European Union Affairs, Prime Minister's Office Malta: Mr Louis GRECH Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for European Affairs and Implementation of the Electoral Manifesto Netherlands: Mr Pieter de GOOIJER Permanent Representative Austria: Mr Walter GRAHAMMER Permanent Representative Poland: Mr Witold WASZCZYKOWSKI Minister for Foreign Affairs Portugal: Ms Margarida MARQUES State Secretary for European Affairs Romania: Ms Ana BIRCHALL Minister-delegate for European Affairs Slovenia: Ms Sanja ŠTIGLIC State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Slovakia: Mr Ivan KORČOK State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Finland: Mr Samuli VIRTANEN State Secretary, Finns Party’s group of ministers Sweden: Ms Ann LINDE Minister for EU Affairs and Trade United Kingdom: Mr David Jones Minister of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union Commission: Mr Frans TIMMERMANS First Vice-President .