WEEK FROM 11 TO 17 JUNE.

• Position: Calendar

Monday 11 June

European Parliament

The President's diary

12:00 Speech at Public debate 'Discourses on Europe' launched by the Berlin civic initiative 'A Soul for Europe'. European Economic and Social Committee

14:30 Press Conference with Norbert Lammert and Giuliano Amato on the 3rd Joint Parliamentary Meeting on the Future of Europe

17:35 Meeting with Jaime Gama - Speaker of the Portuguese Parliament

18:30 Meeting with Jean-Claude Trichet, President of ECB preceded by a photo opportunity

Parliamentary committees

Committee on Budgets

Annual meeting with the Directors of EU Agencies - Rapporteur Jutta Haug (PES, DE) (15:00-17:45)

European Institute of Technology - Consideration and adoption of draft opinion - draftswoman Nina kottova (EPP-ED, CZ) (responsible: ITRE) (17:45-18:30)

Motion for a resolution on the Interinstitutional agreement of 17 May 2006 and multiannual framework programme 2007-2013 and on the financing of the European programme of satellite radionavigation (Galileo) - Consideration of a draft resolution

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

European Central Bank: Monetary dialogue with Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the ECB

Financial services policy (2005-2010) - White Paper - Vote on report by Ieke Van Den Burg (PES, NL)

A new statistical classification of products by activity (CPA) - Vote on report by Guntars Krasts (UEN, LV)

Indirect taxes on the raising of capital (recast version) - Vote on report by Werner Langen (EPP-ED, DE)

Committee on Fisheries

Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and Sao Tome and Principe - Vote on report by Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos (PES, PT)

Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and Kiribati - Vote on report by Philippe Morillon (ALDE, FR)

Committee on Legal Affairs

Request for defence of the immunity of Mario Borghezio - Vote on report by Aloyzas Sakalas (PES, LT)

Mini-hearing: The role of the national judge in the European judicial system (16:00-17:30)

Better law-making 2005: application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality - 13th annual report - Vote on report by Bert Doorn (EPP-ED, NL)

Strategy for the simplification of the regulatory environment - Vote on report by Giuseppe Gargani (EPP-ED, IT)

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

(possibly) Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention of 26 July 1995 on the Europol Convention - Vote on report by Genowefa Grabowska (PES, PL)

(possibly) Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention of 29 May 2000 on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Member States of the European Union - Vote on report by Genowefa Grabowska (PES, PL)

(possibly) Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention of 17 June 1998 on driving disqualifications - Vote on report by Genowefa Grabowska (PES, PL)

European strategy on immigration and asylum - Presentation by the European Commission on the immigration/asylum package and discussion

FRONTEX (European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union, Warsaw, Poland) - Presentation of the 2007 working programme and discussion on the recent events in the Mediterranean area by Ilkka Laitinen, Director (tbc)

Other events

EP Citizen's Forum on the Future of Europe

As part of its contribution to the debate on the future of Europe and the period of reflection following the no' votes on the constitution in France and the Netherlands, the European Parliament is organising a series of citizen's forums to enable members of the public directly to enter the debate on the main issues. This forum, in Madrid, will focus on '50 years of the Treaty of Rome: 50 years of building Europe'.

Participants: Miguel Angel Martinez Martinez (PES, ES), Carlos Carnero Gonzalez (PES, ES), Salvador Garriga Polledo (EPP-ED, ES), Jose Maria Gil Robles, ex-President of the European Parliament.

Contact: Damian Castano Martin, Information Office, Madrid, Press Service, (+34) 91 42 38 000, damian.castano@europarl.europa.eu

Joint Parliamentary meeting on the Future of Europe:'Together but how?'

Members of the national parliaments and of the European Parliament will meet, for the third time, in Brussels on the EP's premises to discuss the Future of Europe' on 11 and 12 June 2007. This conference will give citizens' national and European representatives an opportunity to discuss the key issues which are of concern to them.

The first two meetings, held on 8 and 9 May and on 4 and 5 December 2006, helped to the re-launch, at national level, of the debate on the future of Europe.

The issues to be addressed during the meeting, in working parties and in plenary, will include: 'the new challenges for the EU, especially climate change and energy security', 'architecture and substance of a future Treaty' and 'the role of national parliaments in the reform process'.

This event, jointly organised by the European Parliament and the German Bundestag, will contribute to the discussions of the European Council meeting, to be held on 21 and 22 June, dedicated to the institutional reforms.

Contact: Federico De Girolamo, Press Service, constit-press@europarl.europa.eu, (32-2) 28 31389 (BXL), (32) 0498.98.35.91

Council of Ministers

Conference 'Media and Intercultural Understanding - Challenges and Responses'

Monday, 11 June 2007

9.30 a.m. Opening of the conference by Minister of State Gloser, EU Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner and the Executive Director of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Dr Roland Schmidt (admission as from 8.30 a.m. rpt 8.30 a.m.)

10.30 a.m. Keynote speech by Andre Azoulay, adviser to His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco and member of the High-Level Group of the Alliance of Civilizations (in French; simultaneous interpretation will be provided in the conference languages)

10.30 a.m. Press briefing by Minister of State Gloser and EU Commissioner Ferrero- Waldner

11.00 a.m. Panel discussion

Venue: Federal Foreign Office, Europasaal Entrance: Unterwasserstrasse 10

http://www.eu2007.de/en/Meetings_Calendar/Kulturveranstaltungen/June/0611-RAA1.html

3rd Joint Parliamentary Meeting on the Future of Europe

http://www.eu2007.de/en/Meetings_Calendar/Dates/June/0611-RAA.html

Conference: Pharmaceutical Innovation - Personalised Medicine

http://www.eu2007.de/en/Meetings_Calendar/Dates/June/0611-BSGV1.html

Agriculture and Fisheries Council

General Assembly of the European Judicial Training Network - EJTN

European Conference on the Integration of People with Disabilities

http://www.eu2007.de/en/Meetings_Calendar/Dates/June/0611-BSGV2.html

European Commission

Travel and visits

Mr Jose Manuel Barroso meets Mr Wim Wenders (EESC)

Mrs Margot Wallstrom meets representatives of the FAEP (European Federation of Magazine Publishers)

Participation of Mr Gunter Verheugen in the High Level Group on Competitiveness, Energy and Environment in Brussels

Mr Jacques Barrot meets Mr Pascal Smet, Brussels Minister for Mobility

Mr Jacques Barrot meets Mr Mykola Rudkovskyi, Ukranian Transport Minister

Mr Jacques Barrot at the Commission consultative des affaires europeennes d'Etterbeek - Conference theme: Europe is not what you think it is'

Mr Siim Kallas on mission to Macedonia (11+12): meetings with Mr Nikola Gruevski, Prime Minister and Ms Gabriela Konevska-Trajkovska, Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration (11); participation in the Meeting of the Heads of the Supreme Audit Institutions of the Candidate and Potential Candidate Countries and the European Court of Auditors; gives speech on the 'Fight against fraud and corruption' and has meetings with Mr Antonio Milososki, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Mr Trajko Slaveski, Minister of Finance (12).

Participation of Mr Franco Frattini in the 'Ukraine Troika' working session (Luxembourg)

Mrs Viviane Reding meets Mr Pasquale Pistorio, CEO of Telecom Italia (Brussels)

Speech by Mrs Viviane Reding at the FAEP (European Federation of Magazine Publishers) annual dinner on 'Magazines on the Move: the periodical press in the digital era' (Brussels)

Participation and speech by Mrs Danuta Hubner at the Conference on the occasion of the opening of the Brussels Office of the Adriatic Euroregion

Mrs Danuta Hubner meets Mr Rui Baleiras, Portuguese Secretary of State for Regional Development and Mr Fernando Medina, Portuguese Secretary of State for Employment and Vocational Training

Mrs Danuta Hubner meets Mr Jozef Sebesta, Marshal of the Opolskie region

Mr Jan Figel' participates in the opening ceremony of the conference on 'Enhancing the attractiveness and competitiveness of European Higher Education' and delivers a keynote speech on 'Modernising Higher Education in the EU' (Berlin)

Participation of Mr Olli Rehn in the working breakfast of the environment ministers of the candidate countries and potential candidates.

Mr Charlie McCreevy visits China (10-12): will meet Minister Jin Renqing, Ministry of Finance, Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, People's Bank of China, Chairman Shang Fulin, China Securities Regulatory Commission, Commissioner Tian Lipu, State Intellectual Property Office, Mr Liu Zhongli, President of the Institute of Certified Accountants, Mr Wu Dingfu, Chairman of the China Insurance Regulatory Commission, Mr Lou Jiwei, President, Foreign Exchange Management Company and EUCCC (European Chamber of Commerce in China). Press Conference: Tuesday 12 at the Delegation of the European Commission to China, 15 Dong Zhi Men Wai Dajie Sanlitun, Beijing (Time TBC)

Mr Vladimir pidla speaks at the Presidency Ministerial Conference on Disability Issues in Berlin

Committee of the Regions

Innovative Approaches to Tackling Early School Leaving in Europe

In Europe, there is a growing necessity for an educated youth and a highly qualified workforce able to meet the constantly changing labour market demands of a knowledge-based society. Improving Early School Leaving situations in Europe is part of the Lisbon Strategy priorities...