EUROPEAN UNION
| 14/12 - | DAMASCUS: - Initialling of EU-Syria Association Agreement |
| 15/12 - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: plenary session (until 18/12) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (until 17/12) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP: Committees: Economic Affairs; Internal Market; Culture; Legal Affairs |
| 16/12 - | STRASBOURG: - Meeting of the European Commission |
| - | STRASBOURG: EP/plenary: Address by French President Nicolas Sarkozy on the outcome of the European Council, statement by current EU Presidency on its six month term of office. - Speech by José Manuel Barroso on the European Council and the French Presidency. - Joint European Council-French Presidency debate. - Legislative debate on climate and energy package |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP: Siim Kallas, Diana Wallis, Ingo Friedrich and Jo Leinen inaugurate inter-institutional group for a single register of lobbyists |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP: Constitutional Affairs Committee |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-524/06 Huber (European citizenship), Ruling C-213/07 Michaniki (company law), Ruling C-127/07 Arcelor Atlantique et Lorraine (environment), Ruling C-210/06 Cartesio (freedom of establishment), Ruling C-205/07 Gysbrechts and Santurel Inter (free circulation of goods), Ruling C-47/07 P Masdar (UK)/Commission (foreign relations), Ruling C-73/07 Satakunnan Markkinapörssi and Satamedia (approximation of legislations) |
| 17/12 - | STRASBOURG: - Three-way meeting on pesticide legislation |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP/plenary: award of Sakharov Prize - 20th anniversary. - Joint debate on human rights; fundamental rights; education and training; counterfeiting |
| 18/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Agriculture and Fisheries - Fisheries (also 19/12) |
| - | PARIS: - ECOFIN Council |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP/plenary: Speech by Dalia Grybauskaité on adoption of 2009 budget. - Joint debate on advertising and consolidated accounts for medium-sized companies. - Justice. - Debates on violations of human rights, democracy and the rule of law: Zimbabwe; Nicaragua; Russia, attacks on human rights activists and the trial over the assassination of Anna Politkovskaya |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP: Temporary Committee on climate change |
| - | BRUSSELS: - COREPER II |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-338/06 Commission/Spain (company law), Ruling C-306/07 Ruben Andersen (social policy), Ruling C-16/06 P Éditions Albert René/OHIM (intellectual property), Ruling C-384/07 Wienstrom (state aid), Ruling C-349/07 Sopropé (principles of EU law), Ruling in combined cases C-101/07 P, C-110/07 P Coop de France Bétail et Viande/Commission (competition), Ruling C-517/07 Afton Chemical, Ruling C-488/07 Royal Bank of Scotland (taxation), Ruling C-337/07 Altun (foreign relations) |
| 19/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Policy and Security Committee |
OTHER EVENTS
| 13/12 - | BRUSSELS/VAL DUCHESSE: - Conference . “L'UE comme force de paix dans le monde” |
| 14/12 - | PARIS: - Ministerial meeting on Afghanistan and neighbouring countries |
| 15/12 - | ROME: - Antonio Tajani to attend workshop “Gli interventi di sicurezza stradale per le strade secondarie” and “Il futuro in Italia e in Europa delle reti TEN” |
| 18/12 - | BRUSSELS: - IFRI seminar “Les relations franco-allemandes dans le secteur de l'énergie” |
| - | NICE: - Conference “La gestion intégrée des zones côtières en Méditerranée: comment stopper la perte de la biodiversité? ” (also 19/12) |
| 19/12 - | VIENNA: - Conference “Europe and the Arab World - Connecting Partners in Dialogue” |