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May 1 May May
Day/Labour Day.
EU institutions closed 1 May Switzerland. The non-EU state will introduce limits on immigration
from all EU states for a period of one year, in a move criticised by Brussels.
www.bbc.co.uk 1 May Oxford. A conference
on the "Greening of Food, Farming and Agriculture" organised by the
Green Economics Institute. Contact: greeneconomicsinstitute@yahoo.com 2
May UK. Local elections in England
and for one Welsh authority. The anti-EU UKIP party is fielding a record number
of candidates and might do well, drawing support from all three main parties 1-3 May Dublin. Informal meeting of EU Ministers for
Internal Market, Industry and Research in the Competitiveness Council. www.eu2013.ie 3 May World
Press Freedom Day.
www.unesco.org 7-8 May Dublin. European Food Safety Focal Point Meeting.
eu2013.ie 8-9 May Brussels. European Parliament mini-plenary. www.europarl.europa.eu 9 May EU. Europe Day marking the original Schuman Declaration in 1950
which began the European project. EU institutions closed, and also on 10 May (Ascension
holiday) 12 May Bulgaria. General election after the resignation of Prime Minister Borisov
following mass protests over electricity price-rises. www.reuters.com 12 May Barcelona. Spanish Grand Prix 13 May Brussels. Finance Ministers from the eurozone meet. Will Cyprus’s
financial woes be finally resolved? www.eu2013.ie 13-14 May Brussels. EU Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers meet. www.eu2013.ie 14 May Brussels. EU Finance Ministers meet. Ministers are under pressure to
act on tax evasion within Europe, with a revised savings taxation directive being
proposed by Council President Van Rompuy. www.eu2013.ie 14 May Malmö. Eurovision Song Contest first semi-final. www.eurovision.tv 15 May Amsterdam. Europa Football League Final. www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/index.htm 15-16 May Brussels. European Business Summit. www.ebsummit.eu 15-26 May Cannes. 66th Film Festival. www.festival-cannes.fr 16 May Frankfurt. European Central Bank Governing Council.
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16 May Malmö. Eurovision Song Contest second semi-final.
www.eurovision.tv 16-17 May Brussels. EU Ministers for Education, Youth, Culture
and Sport meet. www.eu2013.ie 16-17 May Brussels. A European conference on the Aquaculture
Business. eu2013.ie 18 May Malmö. Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final. www.eurovision.tv 20-23 May Strasbourg. European Parliament plenary session. The Commission will meet
in Strasbourg on 21 May. MEPs are likely to vote on revised proposals for the
long-term EU budget (2014-2020) after rejecting the deal for a net cut in funding
agreed by the member states in February. www.europarl.europa.eu 21 May Brussels. EU Foreign Ministers meet in the General Affairs Council.
www.eu2013.ie 22 May Brussels. European Summit. Heads of government will consider Herman
Van Rompuy’s report on the future of economic and monetary union, and proposals
to fight tax evasion. EU leaders agreed at their March summit that energy would
be a special theme at the May gathering. www.european-council.europa.eu 22-23 May Brussels. EU Ministers for the Internal Market, Industry and Research
meet in the Competitiveness Council. www.eu2013.ie 22-24 May Leipzig. International Transport Forum. www.internationaltransportforum.org 23-26 May Toledo, Spain. Friends of the Countryside 16th General Assembly. friendsofthecountryside.org 25 May London. UEFA Champion’s League Final at Wembley. www.uefa.com 26 May Monaco. F1 Grand Prix 26-28 May Dublin. Informal meeting of EU Agriculture Ministers.
www.eu2013.ie 26 May - 9 June Paris. French Open Tennis 27-28 May Brussels. EU Foreign Ministers meet. www.eu2013.ie 28 May Brussels. Helen Clark, Administrator of the UN
Development Programme, and Jose Manual Borroso, European Commission President,
are scheduled to present recommendations for the Post-15 Development Agenda –
what should follow the Millennium Development Goals which expire in 2015? 30-31 May Brussels. Plenary session of the EU Committee of
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June 4 June London. The Queen will attend a special service
at Westminster Abbey to commemorate the 60th anniversary of her coronation (2
June 1953). www.royal.gov.uk 4-7 June Brussels. European Green Week, the annual forum
and exhibition organised by the Environment DG of the European Commission. This
year the theme is air quality, coinciding with new Commission proposals on this
subject. World Environment Day is on 5 June. ec.europa.eu 4-7 June Dublin. European Congress on Intelligent Transport
Systems. www.itsineurope.com 6 June Frankfurt. European Central Bank Governing Council.
www.ecb.eu 6 June Luxembourg. EU Telecoms Ministers meet in the TTE
Council. www.eu2013.ie 6-7 June Luxembourg. EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers
meet. www.eu2013.ie 7 June Luxembourg. EU Energy Ministers meet in the TTE Council.
www.eu2013.ie 7 June Brussels. The end of a 3-month public consultation
exercise by the European Commission about plastic waste. europa.eu 10 June Luxembourg. EU Transport Ministers meet in the TTE
Council 10-13 June Strasbourg. European Paraliament plenary session.
The weekly meeting of the Commission will be held in Strasbourg on 11 June. www.europarl.europa.eu 11 June London. The TVB Workflow Files conference on
IT broadcasting workflow at BAFTA. www.tvbeurope.com 11-15 June Kosice,
Slovakia. The
19th International Festival of Local Television. This year Kosice is European
Capital of Culture. www.festval.sk www.slovakia.org 14 June Brussels. EU Foreign Ministers meet. www.eu2013.ie 17-18 June County
Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. G8 Summit hosted by the UK. There will be a huge
security operation. More than 5,000 officers will
be on duty around key sites. They include the Lough Erne Golf Resort and Belfast
International Airport, where Barack Obama, Angela Merkel and others are expected
to land before being taken to Fermanagh by helicopter. www.bbc.co.uk www.g20g8.com 17-18 June Brussels. EU Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers
meet. The Irish Presidency is seeking agreement on a reformed Common Agricultural
Policy, with nominated representatives of the Parliament, Commission and Council
in intensive talks since mid-April. www.eu2013.ie 19-21 June Strasbourg. World Investment Conference. www.worldinvestmentconferences.com 20 June Brussels. Finance Ministers from the Eurozone meet
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20-21 June Luxembourg. EU Ministers for Employment and Consumer
Affairs meet. www.eu2013.ie 20 June Frankfurt. European Central Bank Governing Council
and General Council meetings. www.ecb.eu 21 June Luxembourg. Finance Ministers from all 27 member
states meet in the ECOFIN Council. www.eu2013.ie 21 June France. Fête de la Musique. www.fetedelamusique.culture.fr 22 June London. A mass march by the "People’s
Assembly Against Austerity", a new alliance of unions, MPs, activists and
writers. They say it could be the biggest demonstration in the UK since the anti-Iraq
war rally 10 years ago which attracted about a million people. www.coalitionofresistance.org.uk 22-23 June Gateshead. European Team Championship Athletics 23 June Albania. General election triggered by differences
over reforms required by the EU before Albania can become an official candidate
for EU membership 24 June Luxembourg. EU Foreign Ministers meet. www.eu2013.ie 24-25 June Luxembourg. EU Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers
meet. www.eu2013.ie 24-28 June Europe. European Sustainable Energy Week. www.eusew.eu 24 June
– 7 July London. Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships.
www.wimbledon.com 25 June Luxembourg. EU Foreign Ministers meet in the General
Affairs Council. europa.eu 26-30 June Glastonbury,
Somerset. The
Glastonbury Music Festival, featuring The Rolling Stones. www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk 27-28 June Brussels. European Summit. www.eu2013.ie 29 June
- 21 July Corsica. The start of the 100th Tour de France 30 June Silverstone. British Grand Prix 30 June Brussels. Negotiations between the European Parliament
Agriculture Committee and the EU member states on reform of the hugely costly
Common Agricultural Policy are supposed to be completed by this date 30 June Brussels/Dublin. Last day of the Irish Presidency of the
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July 1 July Croatia/Brussels. If – as expected – the ratification
process by member states is completed, Croatia (pop 4.3 million) will become the
28th EU member state 1 July Brussels/Vilnius. Lithuania takes over the Presidency of
the EU Council, arranging the programme of meetings between member states’
representatives during the next six months, and leading negotiations with the
Commission and Parliament. The website for the Presidency is expected to be http://www.eu2013.lt/en 1-4 July Strasbourg. European Parliament plenary session.
www.europarl.europa.eu 4 July Frankfurt. European Central Bank Governing Council.
www.ecb.eu 5 July Vilnius. The European Commission is expected to
visit to liaise over the programme for the next six months 6-7 July London. Wimbledon tennis singles finals. www.wimbledon.com 7 July Nürburgring,
Cologne. The
German Grand Prix. www.formula1.com 8 July Brussels. Finance Ministers from the Eurozone meet 9 July Brussels. Finance Ministers from all 28 EU countries
meet 10-28 July Sweden. The UEFA Women’s Football Championship,
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12 July Brussels. EU Employment Ministers meet 15 July Brussels. EU Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers
meet 15-16 July Lithuania. Informal Meeting of EU Environment Ministers.
www.eu2013.li 18 July Frankfurt. European Central Bank Governing Council.
www.ecb.eu 21 July Paris. The Tour de France arrives in the French
capital 22-23 July Brussels. EU Foreign Ministers meet in the Foreign
Affairs Council and the General Affairs Council. www.eu2013.li 23-25 July Lithuania. Informal meeting of the EU Competitiveness
Council, (Industry, Research and the Single Market). www.eu2013.li 25 July Brussels. EU Finance Ministers meet in the ECOFIN
Council. www.eu2013.li 26-28 July London. The Olympic Anniversary Games (normally
the London Grand Prix). www.bbc.co.uk 28 July Budapest. Hungarian Grand Prix. www.formula1.com |
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2014 Elections in June for the European Parliament.
For the first time, the political groups in the parliament are likely to propose
candidates for president of the European Commission. The term of office for the
current Commission ends in October 2014. europa.eu On 1 January, temporary restrictions on
free movement within the EU of people from Romania and Bulgaria, which joined
the EU in 2007, will be lifted. The EU Single Market Act’s legal
term expires this year; EU states must agree revised rules. The British government is due to issue
the results of a "comprehensive audit of the UK’s relationship with
the EU", and has indicated that Britain might opt out of 130 measures on
police and judicial cooperation. On 1 January, tougher rules for Europe’s
8,200 banks are due to come into force, including a cap on bankers’ bonuses
and stronger capital requirements. In March, eurozone
banks with more than €30bn in assets are due to be placed under the oversight
of a single banking supervisor – part of the European Central Bank. The
European Stability Mechanism, the eurozone’s bailout fund, will be able
to inject money directly into ailing banks. On 1 January, Latvia is due to become
the 18th country to adopt the euro. Montenegro might become the third former
Yugoslav country to join the EU if it can meet criteria including improved rule
of law. The centenary of the outbreak of World
War I will be marked by events across Europe. Scotland will hold a referendum on independence
from the rest of the UK on 18 September. Winter Olympics in Russia in February. 2015 UK general election scheduled for 7 May,
with the Conservatives promising an in-out EU referendum by the end of 2017. ____________________________________________________________________________ All information in the European Events Diary should be
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European Parliament: www.europarl.europa.eu Watch live TV coverage On EBS: www.europarl.europa.eu Audiovisual Division in Brussels: +322 284 4811 Audiovisual Facilities Planning Office: +322 284 2010 Information and Broadcast Facilities: Kirsten Tingsted: +322 284 4817 kirsten.tingsted@europarl.europa.eu London Office of the Parliament: +44 20 7227 4300 EU Council of Ministers: consilium.europa.eu Press Office: +322
281 6319 Email: press.office@consilium.europa.eu Head of Press Office:
Nicolas Kerleroux +322 281
8239 TV material: tvnewsroom.consilium.europa.eu EU Presidency Ireland: www.eu2013.ie Council of Europe: www.coe.int CoE Press Service: +33 388 41 25 60, pressunit@coe.int Cathie Burton (UK): +33 388 41 28 93 Audiovisual – Alun Drake: +33 388 41 25 64 European Court of Human Rights: Emma Hellyer: +333 88 41 20 18 NATO: www.nato.int Press Service: +322 707 5041 |
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