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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
Justice, freedom and security commissioner Jacques Barrot makes a statement in Brussels on the right of EU citizens and their families to move and reside freely within the EU, as the commission adopts guidelines which aim to assist member states understand and effectively guarantee these rights.
Following its earlier communication on 'A Shared Commitment for Employment', the commission will today propose a new EU microfinance facility for employment, which aims to open the way to entrepreneurship for people who wish to start up their own business having become unemployed. Employment, social affairs and equal opportunities commissioner Vladimír Špidla will make a statement on the facility.
The directors-general for fisheries meet in Ronneby to discuss sustainability and profitability in the future fisheries policy, which is set to be established in 2012.
Peter Hudson, commander of the operation EU NAVFOR-ATALANTA (anti-piracy manoeuvres in Somalia) visits EU high representative Javier Solana in Brussels.
Daily Diary
• The Swedish Presidency of the EU holds a two-day conference, 'Influenza preparedness and response - lessons learned and next steps' in Jönköping, Sweden.
• The European Commission - Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities DG holds a conference, 'Tackling work-related stress in the EU - Lessons learned from the European social partners' agreement'.
• The EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation holds a conference, 'The second EU-Japan ICT cooperation forum on ICT Research'.
• The Centre holds a debate, 'EU social and employment law: Policy and practice in an enlarged Europe'.
• The two-day Paris Europlace International Financial Forum begins, with leading financial executives dissecting a range of topics, including asset management, capital markets and Islamic finance.
European Commission
Benita Ferrero-Waldner attends the African Union Summit (02-03, Syrte, Lybia)
José Manuel Durão Barroso participates in the European Financial Services Round Table (EFR) meeting (BERL)
Antonio Tajani meets the Algerian Minister for Transport, Amar Tou (Alger)
Joaquín Almunia participates in the meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (Luxembourg)
Danuta Hübner participates in the meeting of the ministers of regional development of Visegrad Group Countries, Bulgaria, Slovenia and Romania (Sofitel Grand Hotel, Sopot, Poland)
Joe Borg receives Danny Williams, Prime Minister of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Ján Figel' attends the Celebration of the Millennium of the Name of Lithuania (1009-2009) and the 5th Anniversary of Lithuania joining the European Union (Gallery Walter Hallstein, BERL)
Vladimír Špidla in Ireland (02-03):
meets Mary Coughlan TD, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, and Minister for European Affairs, Dick Roche;
meets Irish Trade Unions (02, Dublin);
meets the Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC) (Dublin);
goes to Shannon and Limerick;
has meetings at Shannon Training Centre (Moyross) (03)
European Parliament
The President's diary
09:30 - 10:00 Athens, Greece
9:30 - EPP Study Days
