The General Affairs and External Relations Council meeting in Brussels on 15 September, chaired by the French Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, Bernard Kouchner, led to significant results.
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Georgia, Belarus, the Balkans, Zimbabwe and Somalia are on the agenda. The GAERC will also raise the WTO Doha round and begin preparing the European Council.
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Valérie Pécresse, the French Minister of Higher Education and Research, in the presence of José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, inaugurated the board of directors of the European Institute of Technology (IET), the aim of which is to improve the organisation of the European Research Area.
moreBernard Kouchner, French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, will chair the EU-Turkey Ministerial Troika meeting on 15 September 2008.
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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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The "Handinnov Europe 2008" competition will reward exemplary practices introduced in each Member State of the European Union in favour of young disabled people.
moreThe 5th seminar on local governance is being held in Biarritz from 14 to 16 September
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Innovative SMEs are at the heart of European economic growth and development. What can be done to improve and increase their access to research and innovation? This is the topic of the conference that will take place in Paris on 15 and 16 September.
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The aim of this conference, which will be attended by Danuta Hübner, European Commissioner for Regional Policy, and Hubert Falco, French Minister of State for Town and Country Planning, is to take specific steps that will result in the emergence of new forms of governance.
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