| 25/04 | European Parliament / external Parliamentary activities: this week is reserved to help MEPs focus on work in their constituencies and to participate in inter-parliamentary meetings outside the EU. Parliament delegations will meet their counterparts in Pakistan, Jordan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan |
| 26/04 | Brussels: - The Major Economies Forum (MEF) on energy and climate, co-chaired by Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action, and Michael Forman from the US (and 27/04) |
| Rome: - Franco-Italian summit (to tackle the subject of immigration and “relaunch partnership” between these two countries) | |
| Brussels: - European Economic and Social Committee (EESC): public hearing on European sustainable development policy for transport and planning in the context of the TEN-T | |
| Brasilia/ Brazil: - Fourth EU-Brazil Civil Society Roundtable (cooperation between the EESC and the Brazilian Economic and Social Development Council), which will tackle issues involving food safety and sustainable development (and 27/04) | |
| León, Spain: - A delegation from the legal affairs committee, headed by Luigi Berlinguer MEP (S&D, Italy), will take part in an EU conference on Administrative law: the state of play and future prospects (and 28/04) | |
| Amman/ Jordan: -T sixth EP inter-parliamentary meeting (delegation responsible for relations with Mashreq countries, headed by Mario David (EPP, Portugal) (to 30/04) | |
| Tashkent, Uzbekistan: - A delegation from the European Parliament foreign affairs committee will meet with the authorities and representatives from civil society organisations (to 29/04) | |
| Ashgabat, Turkmenistan: - Second inter-parliamentary EU-Turkmenistan meeting: EP delegation for relations with Central Asia, headed by Paolo Bartolozzi (EPP, Italy) (to 29/04) | |
| Izmir/ Turkey: - High-level conference on the future of the European Court of Human Rights (and 27/04) | |
| Paris: - Council of Europe's European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI): Roundtable to discuss the follow-up to the recommendations in France's 2010 report, in the perspective of a re-examination in 2012 of the three recommendations. This is organised in partnership with the advisory committee of the National Consultative Committee on Human Rights (CNCDH) and HALDE (the French Equal Opportunities and Anti-Discrimination Commission) | |
| 27/04 | Brussels: - Weekly meeting of the European Parliament |
| Islamabad/ Pakistan: - Visit of the EP's development committee to Pakistan, to examine the situation following the floods and to assess humanitarian challenges | |
| Paris: - G20/ OECD meeting: Joining forces against corruption: G20 business and government, organised by the French presidency of the G20 and the OECD (and 28/04) | |
| 28/04 | Brussels: - European Economic and Social Committee (EESC): public hearing on strengthening the social autonomy and integration of Roma citizens in Europe |
| Brussels: - Committee of the Regions: CARS 21 Conference: Innovation, infrastructure, energy supply and use | |
| 29/04 | Pécs/ Hungary: - European Economic and Social Committee Conference (EESC) with the city of Pécs on energy security - how can the EU's supplies be guaranteed and those of its neighbouring countries? |
| Szécsény/ Hungary - Speech by László Andor on the Roma Forum and poverty | |
| 02/05 | Budapest/ Gödöllõ: - Informal Energy Council (and 3/05) |
| Brussels: - European Parliament: committee meetings | |