Brussels – Yesterday morning, Rome’s headquarters of the Italian Notary hosted the inauguration of the Italian presidency and the new Board of Directors for the Council of Notaries of the European Union (CNUE). Notary Paolo Pasqualis, appointed by the General Assembly of CNUE on 20 November in Brussels, officially became President of the association representing among European institutions the 40.000 notaries of 22 EU member states. The Board of Directors consists of six members, this year from Estonia, Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Hungary. The Presidency lasts for a year and, under Italian leadership, will see the strengthening of cooperation between the EU notariats set as a priority. The goal is to promote the implementation of the Agenda 2020, a program to foster and support the simplification of procedures, the free movement of citizens and their rights, the economy and the competitiveness of the economy (9Colonne)