Brussels, 19/10/2005 (Agence Europe) - With a view to the informal European Council of 27 October at Hampton Court, the European Parliament is holding an extraordinary session of the Conference of Presidents of the political groups open to all MEPs on 20 October in Brussels, devoted to the European economic and social model (Ed.: the formula of the enlarged Conference of Presidents practically allows a mini-plenary to be held in just a matter of hours on a specific theme). The president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, will take part in the work. We point out that Tony Blair will not present the main themes of the informal summit to MEPs in Strasbourg until the afternoon of next Wednesday, although the Hampton Court meeting begins on Thursday morning (for the main items on the agenda being the European Social Model and the future of Europe, but which has been enlarged to the challenges and risks of globalisation and the place of Europe in the world, see EUROPE 9048).