EUROPEAN UNION
| 17/02 - | BRUSSELS: - Informal meeting of EU foreign ministers - Special European Council on Iraq |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of Eurogroup |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Committees: Citizens' freedoms and rights, Justice and Home Affairs (also 18); Economic and Monetary Affairs (until 19); Agriculture (also 18); Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (also 18); Culture, Youth, Media and Sport; Constitutional Affairs (also 18) |
| 18/02 - | BRUSSELS: - Ecofin Council |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of EU Troika with candidate country heads of state over Iraq |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting between EP Foreign Affairs Committee, NATO Parliamentary Assembly and national parliamentary committees on "EU-NATO relations and crisis management, including Iraq" |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Conciliation Committee on "pets"; "civil aviation"; pleasure boats"; and "carcinogens" |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Committees: Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Foreign and Security Policy (also 19); Budget (also 19); Budgetary Control (until 20); Development and Cooperation (until 20).- Public hearing "Revising the investment services directive" (Economic and Monetary Committee).- Public hearing "The future of dairy industry in Europe" (Agriculture and Rural Development Committee) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP/Constitutional Committee: "Study day on Presidency of EU" |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Conference of the Presidents, extended to all MEPs |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Antonio Vitorino to sign Cooperation Agreement with Jürgen Storbeck, Director of Europol |
| 19/02 - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the European Commission |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Committees: Legal and Internal Market (also 20); Industry, Foreign Trade, Research and Energy (also 20); Employment and Social Affairs (also 20); Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (also 20); Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (also 20).- Public hearing on "Minimum own resources demands for banks and investment companies (Basel II)" (Economic Committee).- Public hearing: "Asia and Latin America - Towards a new development aid concept?" (Development Committee) |
| 20/02 - | BRUSSELS: - Agriculture and Fisheries Council |
| - | ATHENS: - Informal trilogue |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Committees: Fisheries; Petitions.- Public hearing: "Equality in the workplace" (Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities Committee) |
| - | FRANKFURT: - ECB: European Central Bank's Governing Council |
| 22/02 - | THESSALONICA: - Informal Energy Council |
| 24/02 - | BRUSSELS: - General Affairs and External Relations Council (also 25/02) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - 3rd EU-Morocco Association Council |
OTHER EVENTS
| 17/02 - | STRASBOURG: - Council of Europe: Meeting of European culture ministers (also 18/02) |
| - | GENEVA: - Parliamentary conference on WTO, jointly organised by EP and Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) (also 18/02) |
| 18/02 - | BILBAO: - Anna Diamantopoulou to address conference "The challenges of enlargement: the health and safety at work strategy and the role of the European Agency" |
| 20/02 - | PARIS: - Summit of French and African heads of state (also 21/02) |
| 21/02 - | PARIS: - G7 meeting of finance ministers (also 22/02) |