EUROPEAN UNION
| 23/11 - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: plenary session (until 26/11) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - extraordinary Environment Council |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP: committees: foreign affairs; development; economic and monetary affairs; industry, research and energy; culture and education |
| 24/11 - | STRASBOURG: - European Commission meeting |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP/plenary: statements by the Council and Commission on: - preparation of the Copenhagen Summit; - joint removals of illegal migrants to Afghanistan and other third countries; - use of minority languages |
| 25/11 - | STRASBOURG: - EP/plenary: statements by the Council and Commission: - Preparation of the European Council of 10-11 December; - Enlargement Strategy 2009 concerning the countries of the Western Balkans, Iceland and Turkey; - Piracy off the Somali coast. Statement by the Commission: FAO World Summit on food security |
| - | BRUSSELS: - COREPER |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Civil Protection Forum “Towards a more resilient society” (and 26/11) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of First Instance: ruling T-376/07 Germany/Commission (state aid) |
| 26/11 - | BRUSSELS: - Education, Youth and Culture Council (and27/11) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP/plenary: debates and votes on cases of breaches of Human Rights |
| - | SOFIA/BULGARIA: - Annual meeting of the Presidents and Secretaries General of EU Economic and Social Committee and the EESC (and 27/11) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: ruling C-363/08 Slanina (social security for migrant workers), ruling C-13/09 Commission/Italy (environment and consumers), ruling C-202/09 Commission/Ireland, ruling C-211/09 Commission/Greece (approximation of laws) |
| 28/11 - | NANJING: - EU-China Foreign Affairs Ministers Troika (and 29/11) |
| 30/11 - | BRUSSELS: - Justice and Home Affairs Council (and 1/12) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumers Council (and 1/12) |
OTHER EVENTS
| 23/11 - | STOCKHOLM: - Meeting of European Judicial Network (and 24/11) |
| - | LUND: - Conference on Climate Smart Food (and 24/11) |
| 24/11 - | BRUSSELS: - “China in the run-up to Copenhagen: taking stock of energy and climate issues” (lunchtime-debate introduced by Valérie Niquet, Head of Ifri Asia Centre) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - “European Innovation and Creativity Camp” (and 25/11) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - IEE/ULB: Competition Law Tuesday: “Article 82EC and rebates following the Guidance Paper and the Intel Decision”, presented by Nick Banasevic (DG COMP) |
| - | PARIS: - Evening debate “What is at stake in Copenhagen” (with Pascal Husting and Brice Lalonde), organised by the Cultural Section of the Danish Embassy (Maison du Danemark) |
| 25/11 - | BELFORT/FRANCHE-COMTÉ: - Assembly of European Regions (AER): General Assembly 2009 - Energising Europe Responsibly: Regional Innovation and Diversity for Growth and Jobs (until 27) |
| - | PARIS: - Conference-debate “Environment, consumer and paper: a new post-crisis balance” (organised by the Cultural Section of the Danish Embassy) |
| 26/11 - | STOCKHOLM: - Donor conference for the Eastern Europe Energy Efficiency and Environment Partnership |
| - | STOCKHOLM: - Seminar on the forms of cooperation under the Naples II Convention (and 27/11) |
| - | MADRID: - BEE & Green Budget Europe: conference “Challenging the Spanish Presidency: Environmental Fiscal Reform (EFR) in the new Lisbon Strategy” |
| 27/11 - | MARSEILLES: - “Leading Europe out of the Crisis: initial proposals from the Regions” (CPRM/ PACA region) |
| 30/11 - | GENEVA: - WTO: 7th session of the Ministerial Conference - “The WTO, the multilateral trade system and the current world economic environment” (until 2/12) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Conference “Nuclear energy: Opportunities and Risks - Views of European Civil Society and Stakeholders” (EESC and Confrontations Europe) |