EUROPEAN UNION
| 17/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Agriculture and Fisheries Council (until 19/12) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Committees: Foreign Affairs (also 18); Development (also 18); Employment and Social Affairs (also 18); Transport and Tourism (also 18); Regional Development (also 18); Agriculture and Rural Development (also 18); Culture and Education (also 18); Civil Liberties, Justice and Internal Affairs (also 18); Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (also 18); Temporary Committee on Climate Change |
| - | BRUSSELS: - José Manuel Barroso of the Commission and Michel Delebarre (Committee of the Regions) attend power punch with high-ranking EU politicians |
| 18/12 - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: extraordinary plenary session (common discussion - European Council/Portuguese Presidency: report from the European Council and statements from the Commission - results of European Council; statement by acting presidency of the Council - Portuguese Presidency's six months in office) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EUROLAT Euro-Latin American parliamentary assembly (MEPs, parliamentarians from the Andean Parliament, the Central American Parliament and the Latin American Parliament): first plenary meeting (at EP) (until 20/12) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Committees: International Trade (also 19); Budgets; Budgetary Control (also 19); Economic and Monetary Affairs (also 19); Industry, Research and Energy (also 19); Human Rights (also 19); Security and Defence Sub-Committee. - Public hearing on women and science (Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-137/ 05 United Kingdom/Council (area of freedom, security and justice), Ruling C-436/06 Gronfeldt (free circulation of capital), Ruling C-341/05 Laval un Partneri (principles of EU law), Ruling C-64/05 P Sweden/Commission (institutional law), Ruling C-202/06 P Cementbouw Handel & Industrie/Commission (competition), Ruling C-62/06 Z.F. Zefeser (Customs Union), Ruling C-368/06 Cedilac, Ruling C-314/06 Société Pipeline Méditerranée et Rhône (taxation), Ruling C-352/03 Commission/Ireland, Ruling C-220/06 Asociacion Profesional de Empresas de Reparto y Manipulado de Correspondencia, Ruling C-281/06 Jundt (freedom to supply services), Ruling in combined cases C-396/ 05, C-19/05, C-450/05 Habelt (social security for migrant workers), Ruling C-186/06 Commission/Spain, Ruling C-194/05, Ruling C-195/05, Ruling C-263/05 Commission/Italy, Ruling C/85/07 (environment), Ruling C-135/06 P Weissenfels/Parliament (officials' terms and conditions, Ruling C-357/06 Frigerio Luigi, Ruling C-481/06 Commission/Greece (company law), Ruling C-257/07 Commission/Sweden (freedom of establishment), Ruling C-284/07 Commission/Portugal (approximation of legislation) |
| 19/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the European Commission |
| - | LJUBLJANA/ SLOVENIA: - Meeting of Conference of Presidents of EP political groups with Slovenian government (also 20/12) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Committees: Environment, Public Health and Food Safety; Legal Affairs; Constitutional Affairs; Petitions; Security and Defence Sub-Committee |
| 20/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Environment Council |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Committees: Fisheries, Petitions |
| 21/12 - | SCHENGEN MARATHON: Event in several locations to celebrate expansion of the Schengen border-free area to Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia, attended by the Commission, represented by the Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Vice-President Franco Frattini, along with the Portuguese Presidency and ministers from the countries joining Schengen (also 22/12) |
OTHER EVENTS
| 17/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Conference organised by the Egmont Institute with Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner |
| 18/12 - | BRUSSELS: - 'La politique de concurrence: pertinence de son modèle, comparaisons avec les autres régions du monde et évolutions souhaitables', conference on competition issues organised by 'Confrontations Europe' |
| - | International Migrant Day |