EUROPEAN UNION
| 13/05 - | BERLIN: - Meeting of COSAC (Conference of bodies specialising in EU and Community affairs at EU parliaments) (until 15/05) |
| 14/05 - | BRUSSELS: - General Affairs and External Relation Council + Development and Defence (also 15/05) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EU/South Africa Troika |
| - | BRUSSELS (Château de Grand-Bigard): - Commission seminar |
| - | BRUSSELS: - High-level dialogue on terrorism (at EP) |
| - | BERLIN: - Meeting of anti-drug delegates (also 15/05) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP/political groups: week preparing for upcoming plenary session |
| - | ESSEN: - EP Citizens Forum on Future of Europe - 'Give your views on Europe' |
| 15/05 - | BAD PYRMONT: - Meeting of family and equal opportunities ministers (also 16/05) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EU/African Union Troika |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of José Manuel Barroso, Angela Merkel and Hans-Gert Pöttering with religious delegates at the European Commission |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Rome II conciliation committee |
| - | BERLIN/POTSDAM: - European ministerial conference on tourism (also 16/05) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Policy and Security Committee |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Extraordinary special meeting of Foreign Affairs Committee and delegation for relations with Palestinian Legislative Council |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of First Instance: Ruling in combined cases T-239/05, T-240/05, T-245/05 to T-247/05, T-255/05, T-274/05 to T-280/05 Black & Decker/OHIM (intellectual property) |
| 16/05 - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the European Commission |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Coreper 1 and Coreper 2 |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of First Instance: Ruling T-158/05 Trek Bicycle/OHIM - Audi, Ruling T-137/05 La Perla/OHIM, Ruling T-491/04 Merant/OHIM - Focus (intellectual property) |
| 18/05 - | SAMARA: - EU-Russia Summit |
| - | ATHENS: - Meeting of Bureau of EuroMed Parliamentary Assembly |
| - | VIBO VALENTIA/CALABRIA: - EP Citizens Forum on the Future of Europe |
| - | OPORTO: - EP Citizens Forum on the Future of Europe |
| 20/05 - | MAINZ: - Meeting of Agriculture Ministers (until 22/05) |
| 21/05 - | BRUSSELS: - Competitiveness Council (also 22/05) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament plenary session (until 24/05) |
OTHER EVENTS
| 14/05 - | PARIS: - 2007 OECD Forum on 'Innovation, Growth and Fairness' (also 15/05) |
| - | PARIS: - Ministerial meeting of International Energy Agency - 'Bridging the Energy Gap' (also 15/05) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Conference on bridging current broadband gap, benefits of broadband for rural areas and areas lagging behind (also 15/05) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - IEE-ULB Dinner-debate on how to get the EU out of the constitutional deadlock |
| 15/05 - | PARIS: - Ministerial meeting of OECD Council on innovation and the OECD action plan for growth and fairness (also 16/05) |
| 17/05 - | BRUSSELS: - G4 ministerial summit (also 18/05) |
| - | BLED/SLOVENIA: - Annual conference on 'Development Economics' organised by the World Bank (also 18/05) |
| 18/05 - | POTSDAM: - Meeting of G8 Finance Ministers (also 19/05) |