| 02/05 | Budapest/Gödöllö: - Meeting of Energy Council (also 3/05) |
| Brussels: - European Parliament/Political groups: Week of preparations for upcoming plenary | |
| - EP/Committee meetings: - Development: Discussion with Charles Gore, main author of UNCTAD report on under-developed countries, ahead of fourth United Nations conference (Istanbul, 9-13/05); - Budgets (also 5); - Economic and Monetary Affairs: 1) Public hearing with Mervyn King and Andrea Enria, vice-president of European Systemic Risk Committee (CERS), 2) Discussion following presentation of ECB Annual Report for 2010 with ECB vice-president Vitor Constancio; - Agriculture and Rural Development; Civil Liberties Justice and Home Affairs; Human Rights Subcommittee: hearing on freedom of the press, including protection of journalists in armed conflicts | |
| Brussels: - Seminar on impact on farming of trade talks between EU and Mercosur, addressed by Jean-Pierre Audy and Michel Dantin (at EP) | |
| Paris: - OECD Political Forum: 'Lutter contre les inégalités - Quelles meures adopter pour que la croissance économique soit plus forte et plus juste?' - Ministerial meeting and forum on OECD social policies (also 3/05) | |
| 03/06 | Brussels: - European Parliament: Opening speech by Jerzy Buzek at the inauguration of the EURONEST Parliamentary Assembly (MEPs + parliamentarians from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) |
| Palermo: - EPP Study Days on building a solid partnership in the Mediterranean (also 4/05) | |
| 04/05 | Brussels: - Weekly meeting of European Commission - Items on the agenda: - Adoption of a communication on migration policy; - Adoption of a communication entitled 'La biodiversité, notre assurance-vie et notre capital naturel - stratégie de l'UE à l'horizon 2020' (might be adopted on Tuesday using the written procedure) |
| Brussels: - EESC - Plenary session (also 5/05) | |
| Brussels: - COREPER II and COREPER I | |
| 05/05 | Brussels: - EU-Moldova Cooperation Council |
| Brussels: - EP: Industry, Research and Energy Committee: Special meeting with national parliaments; Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis | |
| Brussels: - EESC: 'Votre Europe, votre avis!' - Public relations (until 7/05) | |
| Brussels: - Conference of the Greens/EFA at the EP: 'Migration des travailleurs et droits sociaux: une approche migratoire basée sur les droits est-elle possible?' (conference on immigrant workers) | |
| Luxembourg: - Court of Justice: Ruling in combined cases C-230/09 Elting and Elting - C-231/09 Aissen and Rohaan (agriculture), Ruling C-249/09 Novo Nordisk (free circulation of goods), Ruling C-267/09 Commission/Portugal, Ruling C-384/09 Prunus (free circulation of capital), Ruling C-305/09 Commission/Italy (state aid), Ruling C-316/09 MSD Sharp & Dohme (industrial policy), Ruling C-434/09 McCarthy (European citizenship), Ruling C-537/09 Bartlett, Ruling C-206/10 Commission/Germany (social security for immigrant workers), Ruling C-543/09 Deutsche Telekom (freedom to supply services), Ruling C-137/10 Region of Brussels-Capital, Ruling C-200/10 Evropaïki Dynamiki (institutional law) | |
| Helsinki: - ECB: Governing Council of the European Central Bank | |
| Jakarta, Indonesia: - ASEAN-EU Business Summit | |
| 06/05 | Brussels: - High-level conference, 'Speak Up,' on freedom of expression and freedom of press in the Western Balkans and Turkey, organised by the European Commission |
| Florence: - 'Youth in Movement' at the 'Festival dell'Europa' (until 10/05) | |
| 07/05 | Brussels: - Open day at the European institutions: Europe Festival |