| 18/04 | Brussels: - Presentation by EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmström of Commission's new progress report on data protection directive |
| Brussels: - European Parliament: Committee meetings: environment, public health and food safety; constitutional affairs | |
| Brussels: - EP: Fifth EP-Serbia interparliamentary meeting (also 19/04), attended by EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Füle | |
| Gdansk: - Public European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) hearing on European shipbuilding, state aid and other measures | |
| 19/04 | Kiev: - European Commission President José Manuel. Barroso and Commissioner Andris Piebalgs attend Kiev summit on nuclear safety and Chernobyl donor conference (also 20/04) |
| Brussels: - 49th meeting of EU-Turkey Association Council | |
| Brussels: - 7th meeting of EU-Croatia Stabilisation and Association Council | |
| Brussels: - Ministerial EU accession conference with Croatia | |
| Brussels: - Education reforms in the EU, situation and recent trends. Commission prepares to publish a report. Press conference by Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou | |
| Brussels: - European Parliament: Committee meetings: foreign affairs; economic and monetary affairs, vote on draft economic governance legislation; constitutional affairs committee: electoral reform of the EP. Draft EU legislation on EP elections to be voted upon by the committee, which will also vote on a deal with the European Commission to set up a "transparency register" for lobby groups and other groups trying to influence EU decision-making; civil liberties, justice and home affairs: public hearing on achievements and future challenges in the EU's combatting of political terrorism; environment, public health and food safety: debate with national parliaments on climate change | |
| Brussels: - 8th EP-Pakistan interparliamentary meeting (between EP delegation for South Asia and a delegation from the Pakistan National Assembly) | |
| Brussels: - European Economic and Social Committee, employment, social affairs and citizenships department: public hearing on tackling homelessness | |
| Budapest: - High-ranking conference organised by the Hungarian Presidency on new challenges in the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 (also 20/04) | |
| Strasbourg: - Special meeting of the United Nations Security Council's special anti-terror committee and the Council of Europe on the prevention of terrorism (until 21/04) | |
| 20/04 | Brussels: - Meeting of the European Commission - On the agenda: - Adopting draft EU budget for 2012; - Policy debate on asylum and immigration (to develop guidelines for a Commission report to be unveiled in May) |
| Brussels: - COREPER II , COREPER I | |
| Brussels: - European Parliament: Committee meetings: budgets; foreign affairs: hearing on human rights in Turkmenistan and debate with Turkmen human rights activists; civil liberties: hearing on legal immigration under the Lisbon Treaty, seasonal workers and inter-company transfers; women's rights and gender equality: public hearing on prospects for women in Turkey in 2020 and two discussion panels: 1) Targets for 2020 and priorities for gender equality and increasing the independence of women in Turkey ahead of it joining the EU, and 2) Turkish women as agents for assessing progress and best practice | |
| Frankfurt: - ECB: Governing Council of the European Central Bank | |