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• 01 Jul 08
  

  Prof. Dr Wolfgang Schumann

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  • Under the motto "a more protective Europe", France takes over the rotating EU Presidency with an additional challenge – getting the EU out of an institutional crisis triggered by the rejection of the Lisbon Treaty in Ireland.

     

    More on this topic:

     
     
     
    •  News 
     
    •  LinksDossiers 
     
    •  Analysis 
     
     
     
     
    •  France looks east ahead of EU Presidency (23 May 2008)
     
    •  Commission further waters down Med Union proposal (21 May 2008)
     
    •  France promises 'citizen-oriented' EU Presidency (16 May 2008)
     
    •  France outlines EU Presidency priorities (30 August 2007)
     
     
     
     
     
    •  The Portuguese Presidency: In Brief (03 August 2007)
     
    •  EU Presidencies (19 April 2005)
     
     
     
     
     
    •  Nicolas Sarkozy: A new style of EU Presidency? (08 May 2008)
     
    •  How France intends to meet all those EU presidency expectations (20 June 2008)
     
    •  Seen from America : What to expect from the French EU Presidency (20 June 2008)
     
    •  Sarkozy at the wheel of Europe: What to expect from the French EU Presidency (11 June 2008)
     
     
     
     

    Milestones:

     
     
    •   July-Dec. 2008: French Presidency. 
     
    •   11 July: Sarkozy visit to Ireland. 
     
    •  15-16 Oct.: EU Summit (Brussels).
     
    •  11- 12 Dec.: EU Summit (Brussels).
     
     

     Policy Summary  Links   

     
     

    From 1 July to 31 December 2008, France will organise and chair the European Council meetings. The French government has already announced that its motto will be "a more protective Europe" (EurActiv 06/11/07).

  • Links  Policy Summary   

     
     Governments 
     
    •  French EU Presidency website 
     
    • Permanent Represenation of France to the EU: French Presidency agenda  | FR  
     
    • Prime Minster: Europe pages  | FR 
     
    • Foreign Affairs Ministry : Europe pages 
     
    • French Senate: Budget for the French EU presidency 
     
    •  General Secretariat for European Affairs (SGAE) 
     
    •  Permanent Represenation of France to the EU 
     
    •  Conference of Committee Chairmen of the European Parliament  [FR]  [DE]  (20 May 2008)

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