EUROPEAN UNION
| 22/05 - | BRUSSELS: - General Affairs Council (and 23/05). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EU-GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) Joint Cooperation Council. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - IGC ministerial meeting. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Signing of the EU-Bangladesh Cooperation Agreement. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Committees: regional policy, transport and tourism (to 24); citizens' freedoms and rights, justice and home affairs (to 24); petitions (to 24); budgets (and 23); foreign affairs, human rights, common security (to 24); employment (and 23). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting on European Charter of Fundamental Rights (and 23/05). |
| 23/05 - | BRUSSELS: - 3rd Council of EU-Ukraine Cooperation. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EEA Council. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EU-Albania political dialogue Troika. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Committees: environment, public health and consumer policy (to 25); budgetary control (and 24); agriculture (and 24); industry, external trade, research and energy (to 25); women's rights and equal opportunities (and 24). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: public hearing "Fight against Discrimination: new prospects in the context of Article 13" (committee on civil liberties and citizens' rights, justice and home affairs and employment committee) (and 24/05). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meetings of Conciliation Committee on: water policy, Life III, installations for port reception of waste and cargo residues, end-of-life vehicles. |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: ruling C-104/98 Buchner (social policy), C-106/98 P Works Council of French production company/Commission (State aid), C-196/98 Hepple (social policy), C-209/98 Sydhavnens Sten & Grus (competition), C-58/99 Commission/Italy (free provision of services). |
| 24/05 - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the European Commission. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Economic and Social Committee: plenary session (and 25/05). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Committees: economic (and 25); development (and 25); fisheries (and 25); legal and internal market (and 25); constitutional affairs (and 25); culture: public hearing "Radio at the digital era: EU scope". |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: public hearing "the crisis of the pig farming sector" (agriculture committee). - Hearing of experts "new framework for infrastructures of electronic communications and associated services" (industry committee). |
| - | BUDAPEST: - EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee (and 25/05). |
| 25/05 - | BRUSSELS: - Internal Market. |
| - | LISBON: - Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference (and 26/05). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Mini-Summit of European Social Dialogue. |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-273/98 Schlebusch, C-359/98 P ca' Pasta/Commission (agric.), C-82/98 P Kögler/Court of Justice (statute of officials), C-424/98 Commission/Italy (free movement of persons), C-50/99 Podesta (social policy), 307/98 Commission/Belgium, C-384/97 Commission/Greece (environment and consumers). |
| 28/05 - | EVORA: - Informal ministerial meeting Agriculture (to 30/05). |
| 29/05 - | MOSCOW: - EU/Russia Summit. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Justice Council/Internal Affairs (and 30/05). |
OTHER EVENTS
| 20/05 - | RIGA: - Annual meeting of EBRD (to 22/05). |
| 22/05 - | ALEXANDRIA: - 2nd Conference of Presidents of Euro-Mediterranean Parliaments (to 24). |
| 23/05 - | BRUSSELS: - 5th Forum Europe Defence Industries Conference: "Europe's New Defence Era". |
| 24/05 - | FLORENCE: - North Atlantic Council in foreign minister session (and 25/05). |
| 25/05 - | BRUSSELS: - EuronAid General Assembly (and 26/05). |
| 26/05 - | BUDAPEST: - NATO Parliamentary Assembly: session (to 30/05). |