The Transport, Telecommunications and Energy (TTE) Council is being held in Brussels on 8 and 9 December to examine, in particular, the energy-climate legislative package.
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The ministers will prepare the European Council meeting of the 27 Heads of State and Government on 11 and 12 December.
moreBernard Kouchner chaired the General Affairs and External Relations on 8 December.
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Meeting on 9 December for the second time under the presidency of Dominique Bussereau, the French Minister of State for Transport, the EU transport ministers reaffirmed their commitment to the development of safe, sustainable transport with a major part devoted to the maritime sector.
moreDuring December 2008, the French ministers will take stock of the French Presidency of the Council before the Parliamentary Committees of the European Parliament in Brussels.
moreThe Poznań conference, organised under the auspices of the United Nations, aims to continue the implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention and the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change and to further negotiations on the multilateral climate change regime beyond 2012.
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In a context marked particularly by this summer's crisis, the 9th EU-Georgia Cooperation Council should enable a review of the relations between the EU and Georgia and confirm Tbilisi's commitment to continuing the implementation of the 2006 action plan.
moreThe 9th EU-Azerbaijan Cooperation Council, to be held on the margins of the General Affairs and External Relations Council, will help to evaluate the progress of the action plan adopted in 2006, the date on which the EU decided to include the countries of the Southern Caucasus (Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia) in its neighbourhood policy.
moreThe 9th EU-Armenia Cooperation Council will take place on the margins of the General Affairs and External Relations Council in Brussels. It is an excellent opportunity to take stock of relations between the EU and Armenia, particularly in relation to progress on the 2006 action plan.
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On 9 December 2008 in Paris, the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union is to hold the first "European sessions on innovation", with the participation of the President of the French Republic and President of the European Council, Nicolas Sarkozy, as a prelude to The European Year of Innovation in 2009.
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