This third ministerial conference on integration, held on 3 and 4 November in Vichy, brings together the ministers for integration of the 27 EU Member States. Their work builds up on the European Pact on Immigration and Asylum Policy, which already contains important commitments with regard to integration. It was adopted by the European Council on 15 and 16 October 2008.
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Prior to the ‘Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean’ ministerial conference, the foreign affairs ministers of the EU Member States, along with Javier Solana, the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union and High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, and Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the European Commissioner for External Relations, at the invitation of Bernard Kouchner, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, met on 3 November in Marseilles, on the eve of the US presidential elections, to finalise their plans for establishing a balanced, closer cooperation with the United States.
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This Eurogroup meeting, chaired by Jean-Claude Juncker, will bring together the 15 finance ministers of the eurozone, the President of the European Central Bank and representatives from the European Commission.
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The ‘Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean’ ministerial conference, held in Marseilles from 3-4 November and co-chaired by the French and Egyptian foreign affairs ministers, Bernard Kouchner and Ahmed Aboul Gheit, ended in an overall agreement which made the ambition for a reinforced Mediterranean-focused partnership, as expressed in Paris on 13 July at the Summit of Heads of State or Government, a reality.
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From 2 to 4 November 2008, the French Senate will host the 40th meeting of the Conference of Community and European Affairs Committees of Parliaments of the European Union (COSAC).
moreThe agriculture committees of the national parliaments of the 27 Member States of the European Union and the European Parliament are meeting in Brussels for a meeting on agriculture and rural development.
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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.
moreUnder the French Presidency of the Council the European Union, a short film from each of the 27 EU Member State is currently being broadcast on Eurochannel.
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