GENERAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL Brussels, 16 May 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 Ekaterina ZAHARIEVA Deputy Prime Minister for Judicial Reform and Minister of Foreign Affairs Czech Republic: Mr Jakub DÜRR Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Denmark: Mr Kim JØRGENSEN Permanent Representative Germany: Mr Michael ROTH Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Estonia: Mr Matti MAASIKAS Deputy Minister for EU Affairs Ireland: Mr Dara MURPHY Minister of State for European Affairs, Data Protection and the EU Single Digital Market Greece: Mr Andreas PAPASTAVROU Permanent Representative Spain: Mr Jorge TOLEDO ALBIÑANA State Secretary for the European Union France: Mr Pierre SELLAL Permanent Representative Croatia: Mr Davor Ivo STIER Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign and European Affairs Italy: Mr Sandro GOZI State Secretary, Prime Minister's Office Cyprus: Mr Nicholas EMILIOU Permanent Representative 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 Bert KOENDERS Minister for Foreign Affairs Austria: Mr Walter GRAHAMMER Permanent Representative Poland: Mr Konrad SZYMAŃSKI State Secretary for European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Portugal: Ms Margarida MARQUES State Secretary for European Affairs Romania: Ms Ana BIRCHALL Minister with responsibility 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 and European Affairs and Government Plenipotentiary for the Slovak Presidency of the Council of the EU Finland: Mr Sampo TERHO Minister for European Affairs, Culture and Sport 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 .