The ECOFIN Council will largely focus on the action to take to tackle the financial crisis, particularly in view of the forthcoming European Council.
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On 7 October, the ECOFIN Council adopted conclusions on the immediate responses to take to the financial crisis, along with four statements on the following subjects : financial stability and financial supervision, a coordinated EU response to the economic slowdown, executive pay, and the fight against tax fraud.
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The meeting between the finance ministers from the member countries of the "Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean", organised in conjunction with the ministerial meeting of the Facility for Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership (FEMIP), will be the first ministerial meeting to be held since the Paris Summit of 13 July.
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At their meeting in Luxembourg, the Euro-Mediterranean finance ministers moved forward on the financing of specific projects for the Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean and affirmed their determination to continue their work in favour of economic growth despite the financial, energy and food crisis.
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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 French Ministry of the Interior, Overseas France and Territorial Communities (the Ministry of State for Overseas France) is organising an exhibition on "Overseas Europe: Wealth and Diversity". The exhibition is being held in Brussels from September to December 2008 in the main European institutions: the Commission, the European Parliament and the Committee of the Regions.
moreThe European Week of Regions and Cities, organised in Brussels by the Committee of the Regions, with 210 partner regions and cities in Europe, is expected to attract 5 000 participants.
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The French Institute of the Ukraine (FIU) has organised a quiz on the European Union to better inform the Ukrainian public on the history of the EU, its institutions and the economic, political and social issues involved.
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The European Ministers for the Digital Economy have been invited by Eric Besson, the French Minister of State for the Development of the Digital Economy, to take part in the first European ministerial meeting on the issues surrounding the Internet of the Future in Nice on 6 October 2008.
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