The Council has reached an agreement on the European pact on immigration and asylum. The Pact will now be submitted for adoption to the European Council of October 2008.
The Council recognised the support of all the delegations for the draft Directive on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of highly qualified employment (the so-called “Blue Card” Directive). The Council has charged the Coreper with finalising the text of the Directive.
The ministers for competitiveness will meet in Brussels on 25 and 26 September 2008.
moreThe European ministers for industry and research met on 25 and 26 September in a Competitiveness Council in Brussels.
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The Justice and Home Affairs Council of 25 September 2008 will focus on the common immigration and asylum policy. It will be chaired by Brice Hortefeux, the French Minister of Immigration, Integration, National Identity and Mutually-Supportive Development.
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The United Nations General Assembly is a period of high-level diplomatic activity for the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, particularly during the week of ministerial meetings which opens the 63rd session of the General Assembly.
moreFollowing the meeting held in Paris in April 2008, the French Presidency is organising a seminar on the fight against drug trafficking in the western Mediterranean in Toulon from 24-26 September 2008.
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As is customary for the country holding the presidency of the European Council, France will present its armed forces’ operational capabilities to diplomatic and military representatives of the Member States of the European Union. European detachments/ delegations will also attend the demonstration.
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Under the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the French embassy in Germany and its cultural network, in partnership with European Movement Germany and European Movement France, is organising a series of debates under the "Impulse zu Europa/Penser l'Europe" banner.
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The "Handinnov Europe 2008" competition will reward exemplary practices introduced in each Member State of the European Union in favour of young disabled people.
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