EUROPEAN UNION
| German Presidency of the European Council | |
| 8/01 - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: week of meetings with political groups prior to plenary session in Strasbourg. |
| - | WASHINGTON: - Meeting between European Commission President José Manuel Barroso and US President Georges W. Bush. |
| 9/01 - | BERLIN: Meeting of European Commission - German EU Presidency. |
| - | BRUSSELS: Political and Security Committee (and 12/01). |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Rulings C-1/05 Jia (free movement of persons). - Court of First Instance: Ruling T-288/04 Van Neyghem/Committee of the Regions (officials' statute). |
| 10/01 - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the European Commission. |
| BRUSSELS: - Coreper 1 and Coreper 2. | |
| 11/01 - | BERLIN: - Meeting of new EPP/ED presidency at EP - German presidency. |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-279/05 Vonk Dairy Products (agriculture), C-251/04 Commission/Greece (transport), C-404/04 P Technische Glaswerke Ilmenau/Commission (State aid), C-183/05 Commission/Ireland (environment and consumers), C-40/05 Lyyski (principles of Community law), C-208/05 ITC (free movement of persons), C-384/05 Piek (agriculture), C-400/05 B.A.S. Trucks (common customs tariff), C-175/05 Commission/Ireland (intellectual property), C-269/05 Commission/Greece (free provision of services). |
| - | FRANKFURT: - Governing Council of European Central Bank. |
| 15/01 - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: plenary session (to 18/01). |
| - | DRESDEN: - Informal meeting of Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (and 16/01). |
| - | BONN: - Conference on 7th framework programme for research - Europe on road to excellence (and 16/01). |
| - | POTSDAM: Conference «Future Prospects for Health Services in Europe» (and 16/01). |
| 16/01 - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: constituent session - election of EP presidents and vice-presidents. |
| 17/01 - | STRASBOURG: - EP/Plenary: presentation by Chancellor Angela Merkel of German EU Council Presidency programme. |
OTHER EVENTS
| 8/01 - | PARIS: - «Illegal slaughter», conference organised by Round Table on Sustainable Development/OCDE (and 9/01). |
| - | ROME: - Official visit by Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe - Meeting with Massimo d'Alema, Italian Foreign Minister. |
| 9/01 - | BARCELONA: - Speech by EP President, Josep Borrell, at «New Economic Forum». |
| - | STRASBOURG: - European Court of Human Rights: written communication on 26 Chamber rulings concerning Turkey, Poland, Finland, UK, Slovakia, Ukraine, France, Moldova and Czech Republic. |
| 10/01 - | PARIS: - Speech by Josep Borrell at the conference on «Democracy, European Governance and Social Sciences». |
| 11/01 - | STRASBOURG: - European Court of Human Rights: written communication on 26 Chamber rulings concerning the Federation of Russia, Bulgaria, Italy, Germany, Croatia, Armenia, Greece and Azerbaijan. |
| 12/01 - | PARIS: - Seminar: «Reforming the Union: questions, options and visions» organised by the EU Institute for Security Studies. |
| - | STRASBOURG: - Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe/Council of Europe: reflection group on new legal instrument on regionalisation. |