On Monday 8 December, Jean-Louis Borloo, the French Minister for Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Regional Development, presided over the Energy Council, which brought together the 27 energy ministers of the European Union.
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The Transport, Telecommunications and Energy (TTE) Council is being held in Brussels on 8 and 9 December to examine, in particular, the energy-climate legislative package.
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The ministers will prepare the European Council meeting of the 27 Heads of State and Government on 11 and 12 December.
moreBernard Kouchner chaired the General Affairs and External Relations on 8 December.
moreDuring December 2008, the French ministers will take stock of the French Presidency of the Council before the Parliamentary Committees of the European Parliament in Brussels.
moreThe Poznań conference, organised under the auspices of the United Nations, aims to continue the implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention and the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change and to further negotiations on the multilateral climate change regime beyond 2012.
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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.
moreFrom 8 November to 15 December 2008 the French embassy in Portugal is opening its doors to host a contemporary art exhibition open to the public, as part of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the Temps d'Images festival.
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