EUROPEAN UNION
| 14/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Agriculture and Fisheries Council (until 16/12) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament plenary (until 17/12) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP committee meetings: Budgets and Internal Market |
| 15/12 - | STRASBOURG: - Meeting of the European Commission |
| - | STOCKHOLM: - Ministerial troika meeting between EU and New Zealand |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP/plenary: Statements by Council of Ministers and European Commission on the Middle East and East Jerusalem and the situation in Georgia |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: C-284/05 Commission/Finland, Ruling C-294/05 Commission/Sweden, Ruling C-372/05 Commission/Germany, Ruling C-387/05 Commission/Italy, Ruling C-409/05 Commission/Greece, Ruling C-461/05 Commission/Denmark, Ruling C-293/06 Commission/Italy (EU own resources). - Court of First Instance: Ruling T-16/04 Arcelor/EP and Council of Ministers (environment), Ruling T-156/04 EDF/Commission (state aid), Ruling T-421/08 Trubion Pharmaceuticals/OHIM, Ruling T-476/08 Media-Saturn/OHIM |
| 16/12 - | STRASBOURG: - EP/plenary: Stocktake of Swedish Presidency and conclusions document of recent European Council on the EU's new action plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Belarus and violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. - Sakharov Prize-giving ceremony (awarded to Memorial) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP: EU-Serbia interparliamentary meeting |
| - | STOCKHOLM: - Closing conference in European Year of Creativity and Innovation on “Creation, Innovation and Growth” (also 17/12) |
| 17/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Transport and Telecoms Council (also 18/12) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP/plenary: Debates and votes on human rights violations in Western Sahara (the case of Aminetu Haidar), Uganda (draft anti-homosexual law) and Azerbaijan (freedom of speech) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP: Combined meeting of Foreign Affairs Committee, Development Committee and Human Rights Subcommittee |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-248/08 Commission/Greece (farming.), Ruling C-505/08 Commission/Germany, Ruling C-586/08 Rubino (free circulation of individuals), Ruling C-120/09 Commission/Belgium (environment), Ruling C-197/09 RX-II Réexamen M/EmMEA (institutional law), Ruling in combined cases C-410/08, C-411/08, C-412/08 Swiss Caps (Common Customs Tariff) |
| 22/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Environment Council |
OTHER EVENTS
| 14/12 - | MALMÖ/SSWEDEN: - Conference on integrating new immigrants (until16/12) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - “Energy security: is this a challenge for the markets or for the strategic community as well?” organised by IES/VUB |
| - | BRUSSELS: - “One Step Closer to a New Europe? The impact of the Lisbon Treaty on the EU Institutions” (The Centre) |
| 15/12 - | STRASBOURG: - 50th plenary of the Council of Europe's European Anti-Racism and Intolerance Commission (ECRI) (until18/12) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - New Governance Framework for Nanotechnologies |
| - | STOCKHOLM: - Conference on guaranteeing intellectual property rights (also 16/12) |
| 16/12 - | BUDAPEST: - Creation of first knowledge and innovation communities (KICs) of the European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT) |
| 17/12 - | BRUSSELS: - “NATO and the credit crunch and the new security environment”, organised by Security & Defence Agenda (SDA) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - The Priorities of the Spanish Presidency of the EU (CEPS) |
| 18/12 - | ZAGREB: - Energy Community's annual ministerial summit |