Chaired by Anne-Marie Idrac, the Minister of State with responsibility for Foreign Trade of France, the extraordinary meeting of the General Affairs and External Relations convoked on 18 July to prepare the ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) will resume its work in Geneva on Monday 21 July at 14.30.
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Bernard Kouchner, French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, will chair a meeting of the General Affairs and External Relations Council, which brings together the 27 EU foreign ministers every month.
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The Council welcomed Radovan Karadzic's arrest. It is addressing several major external relations issues of the European Union: the preparation of the EU-Ukraine Summit, the situation in the Middle East, Zimbabwe, Iran and combating piracy off the coasts of Somalia.
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The informal ministerial meeting will be held in Versailles on 21-22 July 2008. It will meet in its "culture" configuration on the afternoon of 21 July, and in its "audiovisual" configuration on the morning of 22 July.
moreValérie Pécresse, French Minister for Higher Education and Research, invites her fellow European ministers for space affairs to attend discussions at the European Spaceport in Kourou.
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Christine Albanel, French Minister for Culture and Communication, brought together her EU counterparts for an informal meeting in Versailles on 21-22 July.
moreValérie Pécresse, French Minister for Higher Education and Research, brought together for the first time the European ministers for space affairs to attend discussions in Kourou (French Guiana) on 20-22 July 2008.
moreOn the occasion of its half-yearly meeting, COFACC questions the French Presidency on its priorities and the foreign policy of the European Union
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Under the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the French embassy in Germany and its cultural network, in partnership with European Movement Germany and European Movement France, is organising a series of debates under the "Impulse zu Europa/Penser l'Europe" banner.
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