| 17/10 - | Brussels: - Tripartite Social Summit |
| - | Brussels: - European Parliament: Committee meetings: environment, public health and food safety; internal market and consumer protection; civil liberties, justice and home affairs; human rights subcommittee. - Public hearing organised by the economic and monetary affairs committee on economic governance and crisis management, with Jürgen Stark, fomer member of the ECB's Executive Board. - Energy efficiency seminar (industry, research and energy committee) |
| - | Brussels: - EP/Political groups: Week of preparations for the upcoming plenary (24-27 October) |
| - | Krakow: - Convention of the European anti-poverty platform (also 18/10) |
| 18/10 - | Brussels: - Annual EU Humanitarian Aid Partners Conference |
| - | Brussels: - SME Finance Forum, DG ENTR |
| - | Luxembourg: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-406/09 Realchemie Nederland (area of freedom, security and justice); Ruling C-34/10 Brüstle (intellectual property) |
| - | Strasbourg: - Congress of Council of Europe local and regional authorities: 21st sitting (until 20) |
| 19/10 - | Brussels: - Weekly meeting of the European Commission - On the agenda: Unveiling by the Commission of draft legislation on connecting up EU infrastructure for transport, energy, IT and communications; -Adoption by the Commission of pilot stage of its project bond infrastructure-financing plans |
| - | Brussels: - COREPER II - COREPER I |
| - | Brussels: - European Parliament: foreign affairs committee: - Debate with Polish foreign minister and chair of Council Radoslaw Sikorski on EU's enlargement strategy for 2011 and the Polish Presidency priorities. - European Parliament's Journalism Prize 2011 to be presented by EP President Jerzy Buzek |
| - | Frankfurt: - European Central Bank: Prestige event and speech to mark end of Jean-Claude Trichet's term of office as ECB President |
| 20/10 - | Luxembourg: - Agriculture and Fisheries Council (also 21/10) |
| - | Brussels: - European Parliament: Committee meetings: industry, research and energy. - Public hearing organised by the civil liberties, justice and home affairs committee on a common European asylum system. - Shortlist of three for the Sakharov Prize 2011 to be selected by foreign affairs committee and development committee |
| - | Brussels: - Conference on upcoming multiannual financial framework (2014-2020), organised by the Polish Presidency, EP and European Commission (also 21/10) |
| - | Brussels: - Launch of first two Galileo satellites from the Kourou space station in French Guyana for a smart GPS system - EP and Commission to attend the launch via live satellite broadcast from EP's “Esplanade Solidarnosc 1980” in Brussels |
| - | Brussels: - European Culture Forum (also 21/10) |
| - | Luxembourg: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-284/09 Commission/Germany (free circulation of capital), Ruling C-396/09 Interedil (space and area of freedom, security and justice), Ruling C-549/09 Commission/France (state aid), Ruling C-94/10 Danfoss and Sauer-Danfoss (taxation), Ruling C-123/10 Brachner (social policy), Ruling C-225/10 Perez Garcia (social security for immigrant workers), Ruling in combined cases C-344/10 P- C-345/10 P Freixenet/OHIM (intellectual property) |
| 21/10 - | Krakow: - Meeting of EU equal opportunities and family ministers |
| 23/10 - | Brussels: - European Council |
| - | Brussels: - Meeting of eurozone heads of state |