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Day's event: 04.11.2008
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ECOFIN Council to focus mainly on the response to the financial crisis
- On:04.11.2008
- In: Bruxelles
The financial crisis is at the heart of the ECOFIN Council discussions and meetings with European social partners and EFTA countries (European Free Trade Association).
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News flash: ECOFIN Council reaches political agreement to increase EU financial assistance to 25 billion Euros for Member States in financial difficulty.
- On:04.11.2008
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Main results of the ECOFIN Council of 4 November 2008
- from:04.11.2008 to : 04.11.2008
- In: Brussels
At the Council of EU economy and finance ministers (ECOFIN Council) of 4 November presided over by the French Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment, Christine Lagarde, the ministers focused their discussions on the pursuit of efforts to respond to the financial crisis, citing the coordination of national action to support the financial sector, the granting of assistance to EU countries affected by the crisis and the common messages that the EU should present at the debate on overhauling the international financial system.
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Main results of the Ecofin Council Meeting with the EFTA countries
- from:04.11.2008 to : 04.11.2008
- In: Bruxelles
Christine Lagarde chaired an ECOFIN Council meeting with the countries of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA - Iceland, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Norway). This meeting was an opportunity to exchange views on the financial crisis, its consequences and to draw lessons from it, particularly with regard to transparency in financial and tax matters.
more - Ministerial Meetings
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3rd European Ministerial Conference on Integration
- from:03.11.2008 to : 04.11.2008
- In: Vichy, Palais des Congrès
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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Main results of the ‘Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean’ ministerial conference
- from:03.11.2008 to : 04.11.2008
- In: Marseille
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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Results of the third European ministerial conference on integration
- On:04.11.2008
- In: Vichy, Palais des Congrès
On Tuesday 4 November, on the second day of the Vichy conference, Brice Hortefeux, the French Minister of Immigration, Integration, National Identity and Mutually-Supportive Development, obtained the agreement of his 26 European counterparts on a series of commitments for advancing integration.
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Participation of the Council in the plenary session of the 40th COSAC
- from:02.11.2008 to : 04.11.2008
- In: Paris, Palais du Luxembourg
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).
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Meeting of the agriculture committees of the national parliaments of the EU and the European Parliament.
- from:03.11.2008 to : 04.11.2008
- In: Brussels, European Parliament
The 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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Etats Généraux Culturels Méditerranéens in Marseille on 4 and 5 November 2008
- from:04.11.2008 to : 05.11.2008
- In: Marseille - Parc du Pharo
The Etats Généraux Culturels Méditerranéens in Marseilles on 4 and 5 November is one of the events organised by the French EU Presidency as part of the Year of Euro-Mediterranean Intercultural Dialogue 2008. It will also be an opportunity to reaffirm, on the heels of the foreign ministers' meeting for the Union for the Mediterranean, the vital importance of culture in the Euro-Mediterranean partnership.
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