EUROPEAN UNION
| 18/05 - | BRUSSELS: - Bumper General Affairs and External Relations Council (attended by defence and development ministers) (also 19/05) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Council |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EU-New Zealand ministerial troika meeting |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of EU defence ministers, non-EU European allies and EU candidate countries |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EESC: Farming, rural development and environment section |
| 19/05 - | BRUSSELS: - EU-European Economic Area Council |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EU-Turkey Association Council |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Troika meeting of EU-Iraq policy directors |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EESC: Single market, manufacturing and consumer section |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Policy and Security Committee |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-538/07 Assitur (company law), Ruling on combined cases C-171/07, C-172/07 Apothekerkammer des Saarlandes (freedom of establishment) |
| 20/05 - | PRAGUE: - EU-China troika summit |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EESC: Transport, energy, infrastructure and information society section |
| - | BRUSSELS: - COREPER II and COREPER I |
| - | FRANKFURT: - ECB: Governing Council of European Central Bank |
| 21/05 - | CHABAROVSK: - EU-Russia Summit (also 22/05) |
| 23/05 - | SEOUL: - EU-South Korea Summit |
| 24/05 - | HANOI: - Meeting of ASEM foreign ministers |
| 25/05 - | BRUSSELS: - Agriculture and Fisheries Council (also 26/05) |
| - | HANOI: - EU-Burma ministerial troika meeting |
OTHER EVENTS
| 17/05 - | World Telecoms and Information Society Day |
| 19/05 - | BRUSSELS: - Conference on the EU and China, organised by 'Les Amis de l'Europe' |
| - | ROME: - Celebrations for the EU Maritime Day - Conference on challenges in maritime-related policy and recent progress in implementing the EU's integrated maritime policy, maritime governance, developing coastal regions and sustainable use of marine resources and maritime activity (also 20/05) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - IFRI lunchtime debate on 'Les crises et le XXIe siècle' |
| 20/05 - | ROME: - Conference of Western European transport ministers' group |
| - | BRUSSELS: - CEPS conference (Centre for European Policy Studies) 'Combatting the Global Crisis: Prospects and Challenges' |
| 21/05 - | PESCARA: - Meeting of G8 development ministers (until 23/05) |
| - | BRATISLAVA: - 'Sport and Law' conference |
| - | World Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development Day |
| 22/05 - | OSLO: - NATO parliamentary assembly meeting (until 26/05) |
| - | World Biodiversity Day |
| 24/05 - | ROME: - G8 energy ministers' meeting (also 25/05) |
| - | COPENHAGEN: - World enterprise summit on climate change (until 26/05) |
| 25/05 - | PRAGUE: - European conference on dignity, mistreatment and neglect of the elderly (also 26/05) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Security and Defence Agenda round table 'The security implications of Europe's energy thirst' |
| - | MUNICH: - European Solar Thermal Energy Conference (also 26/05) |
| - | Week of solidarity with people from non-autonomous territories (until 31/05) |