EMI EVENT

Federal Council

15-16 December 2007, Brussels

The European Movement will be holding its Federal Council next 15 and 16 December in Brussels. The meeting will start on Saturday at 9:00 and run until Sunday at 12:00. The Federal Council brings together delegates from all the national councils of the European Movement and those from international member organisations.

The official opening will take place at the Palais de la Nation, on Saturday afternoon at 14:00, with the opening of the Plenary Session by the European Movement President, Mr. Pat Cox. The main focus of the plenary will be on the future political and organisational priorities of the European Movement, including the organisation of the Hague Congress 2008 project.

This event will be immediately preceded by an EU Council Debriefing & Slovenian Presidency Briefing, which the European Movement is pleased to organise following our successful International EU Presidencies Briefing in Berlin last June. This will run from 12:00 to 13:00 on the afternoon of Saturday 15th, also at the Palais de la Nation, Place de la Nation 1, B-1000 Brussels, in the Belgian Senate chamber.

Speakers include Ambassador Fernando D’Oliveira Neves, Secretary General of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Mr Janez Lenarcic, Slovenian State Secretary for European Affairs, discussing the Portuguese and Slovenian Presidencies respectively following this week’s European Council meeting. The Briefing will be open to national and European stakeholders. More information can be found here, including details on how to register.

On Saturday morning the delegates of the EM will also meet in 5 separate sessions of the EM Working Groups, which deal with the following issues:

– Constitutional Affairs

– Enlargement

– EU Neighbourhood Policy and EuroMed

– EU in the World

– Gender Equality

These events will be followed by an end-of-the-year evening reception, including a visit to the Europalia exhibition, which will take place at the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Rue Ravenstein 23, B-1000 Brussels.

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