Nicolas Sarkozy, the President of the French Republic, is presiding over the European Council being held in Brussels on 11 and 12 December.
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Nicolas Sarkozy, the President of the French Republic, presided over the European Council held in Brussels on 11 and 12 December. A historic agreement was reached on climate protection and reducing carbon dioxide emissions. The Council also reached an agreement on the European economic recovery plan, the Lisbon Treaty and the European Security and Defence Policy.
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.
moreThe Energy Community was established to create an integrated energy market (electricity and gas) between the European Union and the Balkan States. In this context there will be a ministerial conference in Tirana (Albania) on 11 December.
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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.
moreFrom 8 November to 15 December 2008 the French embassy in Portugal is opening its doors to host a contemporary art exhibition open to the public, as part of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the Temps d'Images festival.
moreUnder the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the European Commission delegation and the French embassy in Beijing are organising the first European Union Film Festival in China from 1 to 20 December 2008.
moreThis seminar will contribute to implementing the resolution on the health of young people which will be presented at the November Council.
moreThis symposium is being organised by the National Institute for Transport and Transport Safety (INRETS), in partnership with scientific and institutional trans-national networks.
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