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November 2008
Month's event: 11.2008
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3rd European Ministerial Conference on Integration
- from:03.11.2008 to : 04.11.2008
- In: Vichy, Palais des Congrès
This third ministerial conference on integration, held on 3 and 4 November in Vichy, brings together the ministers for integration of the 27 EU Member States. Their work builds up on the European Pact on Immigration and Asylum Policy, which already contains important commitments with regard to integration. It was adopted by the European Council on 15 and 16 October 2008.
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Report from the informal meeting of the foreign affairs ministers of the European Union
- On:03.11.2008
- In: Marseille, Palais du Pharo
Prior to the ‘Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean’ ministerial conference, the foreign affairs ministers of the EU Member States, along with Javier Solana, the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union and High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, and Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the European Commissioner for External Relations, at the invitation of Bernard Kouchner, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, met on 3 November in Marseilles, on the eve of the US presidential elections, to finalise their plans for establishing a balanced, closer cooperation with the United States.
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Eurogroup Meeting
- On:03.11.2008
- In: Brussels
This Eurogroup meeting, chaired by Jean-Claude Juncker, will bring together the 15 finance ministers of the eurozone, the President of the European Central Bank and representatives from the European Commission.
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Main results of the ‘Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean’ ministerial conference
- from:03.11.2008 to : 04.11.2008
- In: Marseille
The ‘Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean’ ministerial conference, held in Marseilles from 3-4 November and co-chaired by the French and Egyptian foreign affairs ministers, Bernard Kouchner and Ahmed Aboul Gheit, ended in an overall agreement which made the ambition for a reinforced Mediterranean-focused partnership, as expressed in Paris on 13 July at the Summit of Heads of State or Government, a reality.
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Results of the third European ministerial conference on integration
- On:04.11.2008
- In: Vichy, Palais des Congrès
On Tuesday 4 November, on the second day of the Vichy conference, Brice Hortefeux, the French Minister of Immigration, Integration, National Identity and Mutually-Supportive Development, obtained the agreement of his 26 European counterparts on a series of commitments for advancing integration.
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7th Euro-Mediterranean Conference of Ministers for Industry: competitiveness, innovation and sustainable development
- from:05.11.2008 to : 06.11.2008
- In: Nice
The 7th Euro-Mediterranean Conference of Ministers for Industry is set to approve the industrial cooperation work programme for 2009 and 2010.
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Report from the 7th 'Union for the Mediterranean: Industry' ministerial conference
- On:06.11.2008
- In: Nice
Luc Chatel and his Egyptian counterpart Rachid Mohamed Rachid brought together the industry ministers of the Union for the Mediterranean to reinforce their industrial partnership.
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Ministerial conference on the Arctic - an observatory for environmental change
- from:09.11.2008 to : 10.11.2008
- In: Monaco
The international ministerial conference on the Arctic aims to raise public awareness on the urgent need to conduct scientific research in the Arctic to protect the environment.
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European meetings on historic memory
- from:09.11.2008 to : 10.11.2008
- In: Mulhouse
The topic, the passage from national memory to collective memory, will soon bring together the EU ministers with responsibility for war veterans.
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First Euro-Mediterranean ministerial conference on employment and labour
- from:09.11.2008 to : 10.11.2008
- In: Marrakech
The employment and labour ministers from the Euro-Mediterranean partner countries and European Commission representatives will meet at their first ministerial conference in Marrakech on 9 and 10 November 2008, under the Franco-Egyptian co-presidency of the Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean.
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