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On the Agenda
This page lists the business taking place in the key European Union institutions.
If you would like to provide us with details of any upcoming event, please email preurope@dods.eu
Today in the EU
External relations and European neighbourhood policy commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner participates in the EU-India ministerial troika taking place in Prague. The troika will set the scene for the EU-India summit, with discussions on trade relations, energy and climate change on the agenda.
Enterprise and industry commissioner Günter Verheugen holds a press conference in Brussels on mobile phone chargers.
International finance institutions hold a roundtable in Brussels on the Ukraine-Russia gas dispute.
The commission holds a meeting of the electricity cross-border committee in Brussels, where the findings of the report by European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity will be presented.
European commission president José Manuel Barroso meets UK prime minister Gordon Brown and Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt in London.
Parliament president Hans-Gert Pöttering gives a speech at 'symposium connexions, innovation and education' in Berlin.
The process of reorganising the political groups following the elections continues, in preparation for the inaugural plenary session taking place later this month.
Daily Diary
• The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) continues (until July 1st) the 10th regional seminar of ACP-EU economic and social interest groups, bringing together delegates representing employers, employees, farmers and consumer organisations from the 15 countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
• The Committee of the Regions holds a structured dialogue with fisheries commissioner Joe Borg.
• EU Finance Day for SMEs is held in London.
• Bruegel holds a conference, Lost property: the European patent system and why it doesn’t work.
• The Centre for European Policy Studies holds two conferences:
- Looking into 'Chinese Boxes': Hedge funds and the EU's draft directive.
- The new economic and free trade agreement between the EU and Canada.
• The European Policy Centre holds a sixty-minute briefing on enforcing consumer protection across Europe with commissioner Kuneva.
• The Confederation of European Paper Industries holds a conference, Manifesto for competitiveness and employment.
• The two-day annual European nuclear power conference opens in Paris, discussing the challenges facing the nuclear renaissance, such as costs, public acceptance and skills shortages.
• The global forum on agriculture, organised by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, examines the prospects for the sector and policies to enhance food security during two days of discussion in Paris.
• The future of the internet is discussed at a two-day conference in Berlin. The Theseus Symposium looks at future technologies and applications for the internet.
• The United Nations Commission on international trade law assembles in Vienna (until July 17). The agenda includes issues relating to public procurement, insolvency and arbitration.
• The week-long 17th European biomass conference and exhibition is held in Hamburg.
European Commission
Press Conference by Günter Verheugen on Mobile phone chargers
Margot Wallström in Visby, Sweden:
intervenes in the seminar on political leadership at the Almedal Week (Annual forum for politicians and media);
gives seminar on "10 years as a Commissioner - conclusion and challenges for the new Commission"
Siim Kallas receives Onno Ruding, Chairman of CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies), and Karel Lannoo, CEO of CEPS, to discuss the registration of think-tanks in the register of interest representatives
Siim Kallas receives Dr Vaira Vike-Freiberga, former President of Latvia, member of the Reflection Group on the Future of the European Union
Joaquín Almunia participates in a debate held by 'For Cinco Dias' (Madrid)
Danuta Hübner in Linz, Austria:
participates at the Joint Press Conference together with Josef Pühringer, Landeshauptmann of Upper Austria and Michael Spindelegger, Foreign Minister of Austria (Town Hall);
gives a speech "The EU Strategy for the Danube Region", at the conference "Donauforum 2009" organised by the Working Community of the Danube Regions
Joe Borg attends Structured Dialogue with the Committee of the Regions on reform of the Common Fisheries Policy
Janez Potocnik visits Serbia
Ján Figel' takes part in the Holocaust Conference (Prague)
Ján Figel' takes part in the 12th EAEC European Automotive Congress (Bratislava)
Vladimír Špidla in Prague: attends the seminar on Social Europe organised by the Masaryk Academy; attends the conference on foundation of the "European Shoah Legacy Institute in Terez ín"
Meglena Kuneva participates in a discussion on "Enforcing Consumer Protection across Europe" organised by the European Policy Centre
European Parliament
The President's diary
14:30 - 15:00 Berlin, Germany
14:30 - Speech at symposium Connexions, Innovation and Education
