Michel Barnier presided over the third Agriculture and Fisheries Council of the French Presidency on 27 and 28 October in Luxembourg.
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The presidents of the national parliamentary committees for defence are meeting to discuss European defence policy.
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This conference brings together the seven presidents of the Outermost European regions - Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion, the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands - representatives of the European Commission and the three Member States concerned, i.e. France, Spain and Portugal, as well as members of the European Parliament. Danuta Hübner, European Commissioner for regional policy will be present and governors of Para and Amapá (Brazil) as well as the Minister for planning, development and cooperation of Surinam will be associated to this meeting.
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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 French Ministry of the Interior, Overseas France and Territorial Communities (the Ministry of State for Overseas France) is organising an exhibition on "Overseas Europe: Wealth and Diversity". The exhibition is being held in Brussels from September to December 2008 in the main European institutions: the Commission, the European Parliament and the Committee of the Regions.
moreOne of the country's largest performing arts festivals for children took place in Washington, D.C., when Kids Euro Festival - starring the most talented European children's entertainers - presented more than 150 free events around the city from October 9 through November 9.
moreThe 59th international session of the European Youth Parliament brings together hundreds of young people from all over Europe to discuss important European issues.
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moreThe conference, organised by the EUROCITIES network, will focus on the adoption of the 'Declaration of EUROCITIES mayors on climate change'.
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The second European Interregional Cooperation Forum, organised in the framework of the INTERREG IVC programme with the support of the French Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, is being held under the French Presidency in Lille on 27 and 28 October 2008. Over 800 national, regional and local authorities from the EU member countries are expected to attend, alongside EU institutions.
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