Today in the EU
Commission president José Manuel Barroso holds talks in Brussels with former commission president Jacques Delors.
EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton is on an official visit to Brazil, where she holds talks with president Dilma Vana Rousseff and foreign minister Antonio Patriota.
Employment, social affairs and inclusion László Andor is on an official visit to the US.
Energy commissioner Günther Oettinger, climate action commissioner Connie Hedegaard and Danish climate, energy and building minister Martin Lidegaard give speeches in Brussels at the conference on the energy roadmap 2050.
Industry and entrepreneurship commissioner Antonio Tajani and research and innovation commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn present the innovation union scoreboard report in Brussels.
Environment commissioner Janez Potocnik gives a speech at the 'Go sustainable, be responsible - European civil society on the road to Rio+20' conference in Brussels.
Enlargement and European neighbourhood policy commissioner Štefan Füle holds talks in Brussels with Turkish EU affairs minister and chief accession negotiator Egemen Bagis.
Parliament president Martin Schulz holds talks in Brussels with Turkish EU affairs minister and chief accession negotiator Egemen Bagis.
Later, Schulz meets Chinese foreign affairs vice minister Zhang Zhijun in Brussels.
Daily Diary
The Danish Presidency holds a conference on the Energy Roadmap 2050. The event is organised by the ministry of climate, energy and building in cooperation with the European commission.
The European Economic and Social Committee holds two events:
A two-day conference on Go sustainable, be responsible. European civil society on the road to Rio+20.
A hearing on Partnering on research and innovation based on the example of the pilot partnership on active and healthy ageing.
The Committee of the Regions holds two events:
Conference on the overview and future of Inter-municipal cooperation in Europe, organised by the Confederation of Towns and Municipalities of the European Union.
Stakeholder consultation meeting on Citizen’s Controversies - The impact of the crisis on regional and local finances: any role for the next multi-annual financial framework?
The ECR Group holds an event on Human Rights for Iranian exiles in Iraq.
The EFD Group holds an event entitled Europe after tomorrow.
The European parliament intergroup on the welfare and conservation of animals holds a meeting with Commissioner Dalli who will present the new Animal welfare strategy.
MEP Vladko Todorov Panayotov (ALDE, BG) hosts a lunch debate on the Employment potential of the directive for energy efficiency.
MEP Pat the Cope Gallagher (ALDE, IE), in conjunction with the European Bureau for Conservation and Development, hosts a hearing on the Impact of the EU seal ban on the Inuit population in Greenland.
Friends of Europe hosts an event on Europe’s data protection future: prospects and implications for business.
Notre Europe and the European Policy Centre co-host a policy dialogue on the Maastricht Treaty: 20 years later.
The French Institute for International Relations organises an event entitled The EU and migration: the challenges of demographic change.
The British Chamber of Commerce holds a business lunch on Protecting Europe: the role of police and customs cooperation in the fight against serious and organised crime.
The European Foundation Centre hosts an evening reception to mark the imminent adoption by the European Commission of a proposed regulation for a European foundation statute.
The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) organises a workshop on the decarbonisation of urban mobility.
The European Aviation Club hosts a lunch meeting with Mr. Tony Tyler (IATA Director-General and CEO).
The Polish Confederation of Private Employers Lewiatan holds an event on Enhancing regional competitiveness: the multiannual financial framework 2012-2020 as a key to completion of the digital agenda goals.
Comment Visions holds a conference on the EU Emissions Trading Scheme: Fit for purpose?
The Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators holds the 15th stakeholder group meeting on the South gas regional initiative.
In the Institutions
Council of Ministers
Meeting of the Political and Security Committee (PSC)
Brussels
European Commission
José Manuel Durão Barroso receives Jacques Delors, former President of the European Commission
Viviane Reding receives Andrea Riccardi, Italian Minister for cooperation and Integration
Joaquín Almunia receives Egemen Bagis, Minister of EU Affairs of Turkey (Brussels)
Neelie Kroes attends launch of eSafety label (Brussels)
Antonio Tajani participates in the meeting with European Parliament Intergroup on SME about Internationalization of SME (Brussels)
Antonio Tajani receives the Italian Ministry for Public Education and Research Francesco Profumo
Antonio Tajani signs the programme "50.000 Tourists" with Pavlos Geroulanos, Greek Minister for Culture and Tourism (Brussels)
Andris Piebalgs meets with the International Development Committee of the House of Commons (Brussels)
Androulla Vassiliou receives Francesco Profumo, Italian Minister for Education & Research
John Dalli receives Nicola Strugeo, Deputy First Minister of Scotland and Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy
John Dalli receives members of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
John Dalli addresses the Animal Welfare Intergroup (Brussels)
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn launches the Strategic Research Agenda of the Joint Programme in Neurodegenerative Disease Research, at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (Brussels)
Maria Damanaki meets with Europêche (Association of National Organisations of Fishery Enterprises in the European Union)
Maria Damanaki meets with Prof Manuel Pinto De Abreu, Portuguese General Secretary of the Sea
Maria Damanaki receives Leonidas Chrysanthopoulos, General Secretary of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation
Kristalina georgieva in The Netherlands: meeting with Ivo Willem Opstelten, Minister of Security and Justice of the Netherlands; meeting with Uri Rosenthal, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands; meeting with Ben Knapen, Minister for European Affairs and International Cooperation of the Netherlands; meeting with Ekaterina Trendafilova, International Criminal Court Judge
Günther Oettinger delivers a speech at the High-level stakeholder conference on the “Energy Roadmap 2050” hosted by Danish Presidency and the European Commission (Brussels)
Günther Oettinger receives Francesco Profumo, Minister for Education, Universities, and Research
Günther Oettinger receives Stefan Birkner, Lower Saxony's Minister of Energy and Environment
Connie Hedegaard participates in the conference on the Energy Roadmap 2050 (Charlemagne, Brussels)
Štefan Füle receives Zelejko Komsic, Chair of the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina
Štefan Füle receives Egemen Bagis, Turkish Minister for the EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator
Cecilia Malmström receives Andrea Riccardi, Italian Minister of International Cooperation and Integration Policies
Dacian Ciolos receives Dr. Kandeh K. Yumkella, Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
European Parliament
The President's diary
12:45 - 19:30 President's Diary
Brussels
12:45 Meeting with Željko Komšic, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Paul-Henri Spaak building, Presidential Salon, 12th floor
14:00 Meeting with Egemen Bagis, Turkish Minister for EU Affairs - Paul-Henri Spaak building, Protocol area, 9th floor
16:00 Meeting with Dacian Ciolos, European commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development - President's Office
18:30 Meeting with Zhang Zhijun, Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs - Paul-Henri Spaak building, Protocol Area, 9th floor
