| 23/01 - | Berlin: - Meeting between Chancellor Angela Merkel, President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso, and President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, ahead of the European summit of 30 January |
| - | Brussels: - Foreign Affairs Council |
| - | Brussels: - Agriculture and Fisheries Council |
| - | Brussels: - Eurogroup |
| Brussels: - European Parliament - Committee meetings: foreign affairs; budgetary control; economic and monetary affairs (public hearing on the debt crisis); environment, public health and food safety; transport and tourism; agriculture and rural development; culture and education; civil liberties, justice and home affairs; petitions | |
| - | Copenhagen: - Danish Presidency: Workshop of EU climate negotiators |
| 24/01 - | Brussels: - Economic and Monetary Affairs Council (ECOFIN) |
| Brussels: - European Parliament - Committee meetings: foreign affairs (Balkans and Arab revolutions; development; budgetary control; economic and monetary affairs (public hearings on the debt crisis, credit rating agencies and the insider dealing directive); environment, public health and food safety (breast implants); industry, research and energy; internal market and consumer protection; transport and tourism; agriculture and rural development; fisheries; culture and education | |
| - | Luxembourg: - Court of Justice: Ruling (C-282/10) Dominguez (social policy); Ruling (T-593/10) El Corte Inglés/OHIM (intellectual property) |
| 25/01 - | Brussels: - COREPER II and I |
| - | Brussels: - European Commission: Weekly meeting of the college of commissioners - On the agenda: Unveiling of proposals to update 1995 data protection directive |
| - | Brussels: - European Parliament - Committee meetings: development; international trade; budgets; environment, public health and food safety; industry, research and energy; internal market and consumer protection; regional development; fisheries; legal affairs; civil liberties, justice and home affairs; constitutional affairs; women's rights and gender equality; human rights subcommittee; security and defence subcommittee |
| - | Brussels: - Meeting of the Policy and Security Committee |
| 26/01 - | Brussels: - COREPER II |
| - | Brussels: - European Commission: Unveiling of infringement proceedings |
| - | Brussels: - European Parliament - Committee meetings: international trade; employment and social affairs; regional development; fisheries; legal affairs; civil liberties, justice and home affairs; constitutional affairs |
| - | Copenhagen (also 27/1): - Meeting of EU justice and home affairs ministers |
| - | Frankfurt: - European Central Bank: Meeting of Governing Council |
| - | Luxembourg: - Court of Justice: Ruling (C-218/10) ADV Allround (taxation); Ruling (C-588/10) Kraft Food Polska (taxation) |
| 27/01 - | Brussels: - General Affairs Council |
| - | Brussels: - COREPER I |
| - | Brussels: - European Commission: Unveiling of ten-year strategy document on European trade and development to focus aid on countries in greatest need |