The meeting between the finance ministers from the member countries of the "Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean", organised in conjunction with the ministerial meeting of the Facility for Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership (FEMIP), will be the first ministerial meeting to be held since the Paris Summit of 13 July.
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At their meeting in Luxembourg, the Euro-Mediterranean finance ministers moved forward on the financing of specific projects for the Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean and affirmed their determination to continue their work in favour of economic growth despite the financial, energy and food crisis.
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The EU-Russia Permanent Partnership Council on Energy will take place in Paris on 8 October 2008. This working meeting is not open to the press.
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To achieve concrete results in the fight against poverty and social exclusion within the European Union implies strong political commitment by the Member States: the first meeting of European ministers on poverty and social exclusion, chaired Martin Hirsch, High Commissioner for Active Solidarity against Poverty, will mark a significant step towards this objective.
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Under the aegis of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, following the meeting with his 26 EU counterparts on 1 and 2 October in Deauville, Hervé Morin, the French defence minister, opened the high-level conference on European defence capabilities in Marseille on 31 October 2008.
moreThe European 'Green Spider Network' annual seminar, from 1 to 4 October in Annecy, aims to exchange best pratices with regard to environmental communication.
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A meeting of forestry directors from the Member States is to be held in Nice from 1-3 October 2008.
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