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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
The Swedish EU presidency begins today, with a joint meeting between the presidency and commission taking place in Stockholm. The meeting will be followed by a press conference by Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and commission president José Manuel Barroso.
The EU's new roaming regulations enter into force today, cutting the roaming cost of SMS, calls and data downloads by up to 60 per cent.
Shops are allowed to sell 'wonky' fruit and vegetables again, with the commission removing specific marketing standards governing the size and shape of 26 types of fruit and vegetables, which come into effect today.
Guy Verhofstadt, newly elected leader of parliament's ALDE group, holds a press conference on his ambitions for the group in the forthcoming legislature and the outcome of discussions on the candidature of José Manuel Barroso for a second term as commission president.
Helmuth Markov and Willy Meyer from the GUE/NGL group hold a press conference on the situation in Honduras.
The new PSE/PASD (progressive alliance of socialists and democrats) group meets in the parliament in Brussels.
Parliament president Hans-Gert Pöttering continues his trip to Greece, where he will meet with Greek prime minister Kostas Karamanlis and Dimitris Sioufas, speaker of the Hellenic parliament.
Daily Diary
• Sweden assumes the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
• The full Commission is to travel to Stockholm for a meeting with the Swedish government to prepare the ground for Sweden’s occupancy of the Council Presidency starting today. The visit marks the start of the Presidency thus being its first major event.
• The Swedish presidency of the EU holds a two-day conference on cross border cooperation for dynamic labour markets in Kiruna, Sweden for 70 European delegates.
• The Swedish presidency of the EU holds a two-day conference, 'FIRE (Future Internet Research and Experimentation) and living labs – Future internet by the people' in Luleå, Sweden.
• The Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung holds a conference, 'The Czech EU Presidency: Europe on autopilot or express train delivering on time?'
• The Centre for European Policy Studies holds a conference, 'Fool’s gold - How unrestrained greed corrupted a dream, shattered global markets and unleashed a catastrophe'.
• EGMONT - The Royal Institute for International Relations holds a conference, 'Development cooperation and enterpreneurship'.
• The European Finance Convention holds a two-day conference, 'The Caucasus infrastructure investment and finance summit 2009' in Tbilisi, Georgia.
European Commission
Margot Wallström speaks at the inauguration at Skansen open-air museum (Stockholm)
European Parliament
The President's diary
10:15 - 12:30 Athens, Greece
10:15 - Meeting with the Greek Prime Minister, Kostas Karamanlis, followed by a press point
11:00 - Meeting with the Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament, Dimitris Sioufas, followed by a press point
12:00 - Visit of the European Parliament Information Office (EPIO)
Press conferences
10:00 - 11:30 Brussels, Anna Politkovskaya Room - PHS 0A50
10:00 - On behalf of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (Speakers and title to be confirmed)
11:00 - On behalf of ALDE - (Speaker - new group leader - and title to be confirmed)
