from 22 to 26 November 2010
| Monday 22/11 - | Brussels: General Affairs Council (GAC) (10.00am). - Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) (1.00pm) (on the fringes of the GAC, meeting of Council of the European Economic Area (EEA) (EU, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein) |
| EU-Ukraine Summit | |
| Signature of fifth joint report on implementation of protocol to EU-Ukraine agreement on energy cooperation | |
| High-level conference to mark tenth anniversary of EU-Russia Energy Dialogue | |
| - | Strasbourg: European Parliament: plenary session (until 25/11). - Parliamentary committee meetings: Economic and Monetary Affairs; Internal Market and Consumer Protection; Legal Affairs; Petitions; and Security and Defence Subcommittee |
| - | Liège: Meeting of EU cohesion ministers |
| - | Brussels: Joint EESC and NGO Coalition public hearing on 2010 as the European year of tackling poverty and social exclusion: “Outcome of 2010 and future action” |
| Tuesday 23/11 - | Strasbourg: EP: Formal sitting - Address by Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili |
| Meeting of the European Commission; agenda items: 1) New powers and new jobs - a European contribution towards full employment; 2) First steps in move to set up a European Humanitarian Aid Volunteer Corps; 3) Presentation of a league table on state aid (autumn 2010) | |
| - | Brussels: Ministerial meeting of Eastern Partnership |
| - | Strasbourg: - European Parliament: Meeting of Foreign Affairs Committee |
| - | Luxembourg: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-145/09 Tsakouridis (European citizenship); Conclusions C-327/09 Mensch und Natur (principles of EU law) |
| Wednesday 24/11 - | Brussels: - Third summit of female ministers in the EU - Opening address by Viviane Reding |
| Employment Week - The European Employment Forum 2010 - Investing in human capital - the best European value-added - Annual conference on big social and economic issues surrounding employment and the creation of effective dialogue (also 25/11) | |
| Committee of the Regions: Economic and Social Policy Committee ECOS | |
| Strasbourg: EP: LUX prize-giving ceremony. - Signing of legislation adopted in codecision. Signing of financial surveillance legislation | |
| Luxembourg: Court of Justice: Conclusions C-316/09 MSD Sharp&Dohme (industrial policy) | |
| Thursday 25/11 - | Brussels: Competitiveness Council (also 26/11) |
| - | Strasbourg: European Parliament: Joint meeting of Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee and Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee: presentation of progress in negotiations with the EU Council of Ministers on human trafficking and slavery and the European Protection Order |
| - | Luxembourg: Court of Justice: Ruling C-47/09 Commission/Italy (environment and consumers), Ruling C-213/09 Chabo (Common Customs Tariff), Ruling C-429/09 Fuss (social policy); Conclusions C-83/09 P Commission/Kronoply and Kronotex (institutional law), Conclusions C-434/09 McCarthy (European citizenship) |
| Friday 26/11 - | Tripoli/Libya: Fourth EU-African Business Forum (in parallel to the EU-Africa summit of 29 and 30 November): Opening address by EU Industry and Enterprise Commissioner Antonio Tajani, and closing address by EU Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs on 27/11- Round table of businessmen for Africa on 28/11 |