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Volume 404: debated on Thursday 1 May 2003

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The Minister for Europe
(Mr. Denis MacShane)

The forthcoming business is as follows:

DateLocationEvent
MAY
2–4Cruise from Rhodes to KastellorizoGymnich (Informal Foreign Ministers)
DateLocationEvent
3–4AthensInformal Environment (Ministerial Informal)
5–6BrusselsEducation, Youth & Culture Council
BrusselsMeeting of the Presidium
10–13CorfuAgriculture (Ministerial Informal)
12–13BrusselsCompetitiveness
BrusselsEUROGROUP
BrusselsECOFIN
BrusselsMeeting of the Presidium
BrusselsTransport, Telecom & Energy Council
15–16BrusselsConvention Plenary
15–16BrusselsEU—ACP Ministerial
16–17HalkidikiInformal Regional Policy (Ministerial)
16–18Cruise off GreeceInformal Transport & Merchant Marine (Ministerial)
BrusselsEU—W. Balkans (Zagreb Process)
19BrusselsCompetitiveness Council
BrusselsGeneral Affairs & External Relations (+ Defence)
BrusselsGeneral Affairs & External Relations
BrusselsMeeting of the Presidium
ThessalonikiInformal Culture (Ministerial)
26–27BrusselsAgriculture & Fisheries Council
26–27CreteEUROMED Conference (Mid Term Ministerial)
BrusselsEnvironment Council
BrusselsMeeting of the Presidium
28BrusselsEconomic & Financial Affairs Committee
30–31BrusselsConvention Plenary
St. PetersburgEU—Russia Summit
JUNE
2BrusselsEUROGROUP
5–6BrusselsTransport, Telecom & Energy Council
BrusselsECOFIN
BrusselsMeeting of the Presidium
5–6BrusselsConvention Plenary
5–6BrusselsJustice & Home Affairs Council
2–3BrusselsEmployment, Social Policy, Health & Consumer Affairs Council
RhodesPublic Administration (Ministerial Informal)
BrusselsMeeting of the Presidium
11–12BrusselsAgriculture & Fisheries Council
2–3AlexandroupolisDevelopment Co-operation (Ministerial Informal)
12–13BrusselsConvention Plenary
13BrusselsEnvironment Council
17–18LuxembourgGeneral Affairs & External Relations
20HalkidikiEUROPEAN COUNCIL
ThessalonikiZagreb II Summit
BrusselsGeneral Affairs & External Relations
JULY
2–3RomeResearch (Ministerial Informal)
4–5NaplesTransport Infrastructure (Ministerial Informal)
DateLocationEvent
10Palermo VareseTrade (Ministerial Informal) Informal Council/ Troika
11–12VareseEmployment & Social Policy (Informal Council)
15–16BrusselsECOFIN
17–18TrevisoEU Employment Committee (Informal)
18–20MontecatiniEnergy & Environment (Ministerial Informal)
22–23BrusselsAgriculture & Fisheries Council
BrusselsGeneral Affairs & External Relations
24–25MilanEuropean Conference on Discrimination
25–26RomeCompetitiveness (Informal Ministerial)
25–26VeronaEducation (+ Research?) (Ministerial Informal)
AUGUST
No Meetings, Planned
SEPTEMBER
3–4ViterboTelecommunications (Ministerial Informal)
5–6Riva del GardaGymnich (Informal Foreign Affairs)
7–9TaorminaAgriculture (Informal Council)
12–13StresaECOFIN (Informal Council)
19–20RomeJustice & Internal Affairs (Informal Council)
22–23BrusselsCompetition (Internal Market, Industry & Research)
26–27EriceCommunity Regional Cohesion Policy (Ministerial Informal)
29–30BrusselsGeneral Affairs & External Relations
29–30BrusselsAgriculture & Fisheries Council
OCTOBER
2–3BrusselsJustice & Internal Affairs
3–4RomeDefense (Ministerial Informal)
BrusselsECOFIN
9–10BrusselsTransport, Telecom & Energy Council
13–14BrusselsGeneral Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC)
13–14BrusselsAgriculture & Fisheries Council
16–17BrusselsEUROPEAN COUNCIL
20–21BrusselsEmployment, Social Policy, Health & Consumer Affairs Council
27BrusselsEnvironment Council
NOVEMBER
4BrusselsECOFIN
6BrusselsJustice & Internal Affairs (Informal Council—to be confirmed)
17–18BrusselsGeneral Affairs & External Relations
17–18BrusselsAgriculture & Fisheries Council
2.4–25BrusselsECOFIN
2.4–25BrusselsEducation, Youth & Culture Council
27–28BrusselsJustice & Internal Affairs (Informal Council)