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Month's event: 07.2008
- Council Sessions
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Agriculture and Fisheries Council
- On:15.07.2008
- In: Brussels
On 15 July, Michel Barnier, French Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, chaired the first Agriculture and Fisheries Council of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union. In the morning, Mr Barnier presented the Presidency’s programme to members of the European Parliament’s Agriculture and Rural Development Committee.
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The Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) - Budget
- On:17.07.2008
- In: Brussels
The Economic and Financial Affairs Council is meeting on Thursday 17 July in Brussels, under the presidency of Eric Woerth, the French Minister for the Budget, Public Accounts and the Civil Service.
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European Union draft budget 2009 adopted unanimously at the ECOFIN Council - Budget.
- On:17.07.2008
- In: Brussels
On Thursday 17 July, Eric Woerth chaired the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) in Brussels.
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General Affairs and External Relations Council dedicated to World Trade Organisation talks
- from:18.07.2008 to : 22.07.2008
- In: Brussels, then Geneva
Chaired by Anne-Marie Idrac, the Minister of State with responsibility for Foreign Trade of France, the extraordinary meeting of the General Affairs and External Relations convoked on 18 July to prepare the ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) will resume its work in Geneva on Monday 21 July at 14.30.
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General Affairs and External Relations Council meeting (GAERC) - 22 and 23 July 2008
- On:22.07.2008
- In: Brussels
Bernard Kouchner, French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, will chair a meeting of the General Affairs and External Relations Council, which brings together the 27 EU foreign ministers every month.
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Bernard Kouchner chaired the first GAERC Council of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union
- from:22.07.2008 to : 23.07.2008
- In: Brussels
The Council welcomed Radovan Karadzic's arrest. It is addressing several major external relations issues of the European Union: the preparation of the EU-Ukraine Summit, the situation in the Middle East, Zimbabwe, Iran and combating piracy off the coasts of Somalia.
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Justice and Home Affairs Council
- On:24.07.2008
- In: Brussels
The session of the Justice and Home Affairs Council takes place on 24 and 25 July 2008 in Brussels.
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Results of the Justice and Home Affairs Council
- On:25.07.2008
- In: Brussels
The Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA) met in Brussels on 24 and 25 July. The morning of the 24th was devoted to national identity and mutually-supportive development in the area of immigration, and chaired by Brice Hortefeux, the French Minister for Immigration, Integration, National Identity and Mutually-Supportive Development. The afternoon session was dedicated to home affairs and chaired by Michèle Alliot-Marie, the French Minister for the Interior, Overseas France and Territorial Communities. The morning of the 25th was devoted to justice-related issues and chaired by Rachida Dati, Keeper of the Seals and the French Minister for Justice.
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First plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg under the French Presidency of the Council of the EU
- from:07.07.2008 to : 10.07.2008
- In: Strasbourg, European Parliament Headquarters
During the plenary session in Strasbourg on 10 July, the President of the French Republic will present the programme of the Presidency of the Council to the MEPs.
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Address of the President of the European Council to the European Parliament
- On:10.07.2008
- In: Strasbourg, European Parliament Headquarters
Nicolas Sarkozy, the current President of the European Council, presented the six-month work programme of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union to the Members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Thursday, 10 July 2008.
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