EUROPEAN UNION
| 4/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Competitiveness Council (also 5/12) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Justice and Home Affairs Council (also 5/12) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Second parliamentary meeting on future of Europe - From reflection to action - Meeting of MEPs and MPs (also 5/12) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP/political groups: week preparing for the plenary |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Launch of public consultation exercise on the role of culture in Europe |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Conference on future of European railways (DG TREN) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Seminar on the EU's contribution to promoting decent work around the world - Opening discourse by Vladimir Spidla (also 5/12) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Conference on 'European Day of People with Disabilities 2006' |
| 5/12 - | HELSINKI: - Education Council |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-94/04 Cipolla, Ruling C-202/04 Macrino (competition) |
| 6/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of European Commission |
| - | DEN BOSCH (NETHERLANDS): - EP Citizen Forum on future of Europe |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Commissioner Dimas speaks on 'Halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010 and beyond, sustaining ecosystem services for human well-being' at Committee of the Regions' plenary on biodiversity and GMOs (CdR) |
| 7/12 - | OPORTO: - Congress of the Party of European Socialists (PES) (also 8/12): |
| - | BRUSSELS: Jose Manuel Barroso attends structured dialogue between European Commission and regional and local authority associations (Committee of the Regions) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Seminar on employment options in Europe organised by Jean-Luc Bennahmias MEP (Greens/EFA, France) (at EP) (also 8) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-240/05 Eurodental, Ruling C-13/06 Commission/Greece (taxation), Ruling C-306/05 SGAE (company law), Ruling C-161/05 Commission/Italy (fisheries policy), Ruling C-48/06 Commission/Luxembourg (area of liberty, freedom and justice), Ruling C-54/06 Commission/Belgium, Ruling C-78/06 Commission/Luxembourg, Ruling C-91/06 Commission/Austria (environment), Ruling C-127/06 Commission/Luxembourg (free circulation of services) |
| - | FRANCFURT: - ECB: European Central Bank Governing Council meeting |
OTHER EVENTS
| 4/12 - | BRUSSELS: - OSCE summit (also 5/12) |
| - | BRUSSELS: Presentation of Eurochambres' Economic Perspectives for 2007 (at headquarters of European Economic and Social Committee) |
| - | TRENTO: - Council of Europe Seminar on fighting poverty and social exclusion, looking at renewing dialogue and cooperation (also 5/12) |
| 5/12 - | PARIS: - OECD: high level meeting of Development Aid Committee (also 6/12) |
| - | KHARTOUM: - Joint ACP Council and meeting of ACP foreign ministers (also 6) |
| - | ATHENS: - Regional conference on prevention, protection and legal proceedings as part of Council of Europe's action against human trafficking (also 6/12) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EPC: “Global Europe-Social Europe”- The future of the European social model |
| 6/12 - | KIEV: - Meeting of management committee responsible for following up European Commission and Council of Europe common programme to improve the functioning of Ukraine's legal system |
| 7/12 - | KHARTOUM: - Summit of ACP heads of state 'United for Peace, Solidarity and Sustainable Development' (also 8/12) |
| - | PARIS: - Jacques Barrot speaks on flux and innovation in energy and transport at opening of 4th World Sustainable Development Forum |
| 9/12 - | LEIPZIG: - Meeting of Carnegie Group, with G8 research ministers (also 10) |