| 16/05 | Brussels: - Meeting of the Eurogroup |
| Budapest: - Joint ACP-EU Assembly (until 18/05) | |
| Budapest: - High-ranking conference on energy infrastructure, organised by the European Commission and the Hungarian Presidency (also 17/05) | |
| Cannes: - Conference on the future of the MEDIA programme (part of the Cannes Film Festival) | |
| Athens: - 10th Congress of the European Trade Union Confederation, focusing on action for a Social Europe (until 19/05) | |
| European Youth Week (15-21/05) | |
| EU Veterinary Week (until 22/05) | |
| 17/05 | Brussels: - Agriculture and Fisheries Council |
| Brussels: - Economic and Monetary Affairs Council - Working lunch with EU candidate countries | |
| Brussels: - AGM of the European Investment Bank (EIB) | |
| Montevideo, Uruguay: - EuroLatinAmerica Parliamentary Assembly, plenary (until 19) | |
| 18/05 | Budapest/Gödöllõ: - Meeting of EU town and country planning ministers (also 19) |
| Brussels: - Meeting of the European Commission - Items on the agenda: - Adoption of package of measures to reinforce the rights of victims in Europe (the aim is to have common rules so that all EU countries have minimum standards on rights, support and protection for crime victims) | |
| Brussels: COREPER II (19) and COREPER I | |
| Brussels: - European Economic and Social Affairs Committee (EESC) conference on energy efficiency and how to ensure change of behaviour | |
| Brussels: - 2011 Economic Forum | |
| Brussels: - European Business Summit (also 19/05) | |
| Luxembourg: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-423/10 Delphi Deutschland (Customs Union) | |
| 19/05 | Brussels: - Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumers Council (employment and social policy) |
| Brussels: - Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council (also 20/05) | |
| Prague: - European Nuclear Energy Forum - Analysis of nuclear stress tests (also 20/05) | |
| Brussels: - Crisis Management in the Food Chain (conference organised by DG Health (also 20/05) | |
| Cluj Napoca/Kolozsvar, Romania: - EESC Public hearing on economic and environmentally-friendly treatment of industrial and mining waste generated in the EU | |
| Frankfurt: - ECB: Governing Council of the European Central Bank | |
| Luxembourg: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-376/09 Commission/Malta (environment and consumers), Ruling C-452/09 Iaia, Ruling C-184/10 Grasser (freedom of establishment), Ruling C-308/10 P Union Investment Privatfonds/OHIM (intellectual property), Ruling in Joined Cases C-256/10 Barcenilla Fernandez- C-261/10 Macedo Lozano (social policy) | |
| Gdansk, Poland: -European Maritime Day, conference on the human dimension in maritime policy (also 20/05) | |
| 20/05 | Budapest/ Gödöllõ: - Meeting of EU cohesion policy ministers (also 21/05) |
| 23/05 | Brussels: - General Affairs Council - Foreign Affairs Council (also 24: Defence/Development) |
| Paris: - OECD: OECD Week. Forum celebrating 50th anniversary of OECD and meeting of OECD Council of Ministers (until 27/05) |