Nicolas Sarkozy, the President of the French Republic, accompanied by José Manuel Barroso, the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of Eurogroup and Jean-Claude Trichet, the President of the European Central Bank, will receive Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, at the Élysée Palace at 15:30 on Sunday 12 October 2008.
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The French ambassador to Mexico, Daniel Parfait, exercising the local presidency of the Council of the European Union, launched the strategic partnership with Mexico.
moreThe French Presidency of the Council of the European Union is holding a Bologna Follow Up Group meeting at the Sorbonne University in Paris on 14 and 15 October 2008.
moreHow can the European Security and Defence Policy best be explained to citizens? The directors of communication of the defence ministries of the Member States will explore different approaches in a coming reunion.
moreAs part of the French Presidency of the European Union, the EU-Russia Permanent Partnership Council meeting will be held in Paris on 14th and 15th October at the Palais des Affaires étrangères
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The meeting in Bissau on 15 and 16 October of accredited EU heads of mission resident in Bissau and Dakar is part of regular European meetings at local level and reinforced political dialogue provided for by Article 8 of the Cotonou Agreement.
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The Schengen Information System (SIS), a data exchange system, was set up with the purpose of maintaining a security level equivalent to that existing before the removal of checks at internal borders and their transfer to the external borders of the EU. The SIS connects States that apply Schengen cooperation (i.e. almost all European Union Member States and some third countries).
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