| 16/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Agriculture and Fisheries Council (to 19/12) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: plenary session (to 19/12) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: committees: Foreign Affairs, human rights, common security and defence policy; economic and monetary |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Policy and Security Committee (EU + 15) |
| 17/12 - | STRASBOURG: - European Commission meeting |
| - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: Constitutional Affairs Committee |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP: Award of 15th Sakharov Prize by Mr Oswaldo Paya Sardinas - Ceremony on the theme "Let Freedom Think" |
| 18/12 - | WASHINGTON: - Ministerial meeting EU-USA |
| - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: common discussion on European Council of Copenhagen and Danish Presidency semester.- Speech by Mr Prodi on the results of the European Council of Copenhagen |
| - | STRASBOURG: - European Cinema and Audio-visual Day "For Genuine Cultural Diversity: Images of Europeans seen by Europeans (at EP) |
| 19/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Justice and Home Affairs Council Justice (and 20/12) |
| - | OTTAWA: - EU Canada Summit (and 20/12) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP: Conference of presidents |
| 20/12 - | BRUSSELS: - European Convention: plenary session (and 21/12) |
| - | ATHENS: - Meeting of the president of the EP Pat Cox and presidents of political groups with Mr Constantinos Simitis for preparing Greek Presidency |
| - | WASHINGTON: - Ministerial Quartet on Middle East |
13/12/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Ombudsman, Jacob Söderman has said that he has received more than 500 letters from citizens concerned about the sinking of the "Prestige" and who want to see more legislation on the matter. Mr Söderman has advised them to address a petition to the European Parliament as the affair called for both political and legislative solutions.