The European Development Days (EDD) will be held at Stockholm International Fairs in Älvsjö on 22-24 October. The EDD is being jointly organised by Sweden and the European Commission and is the largest meeting that will be held during the Swedish Presidency, with over 250 international organisations and 4 000 participants, including several heads of state and government from around the world. The meeting is open to the public.
Joint Statement by the Presidency of the European Union and the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.
Photographer: AP Photo/Frank Franklin II
On Saturday, 10 October Polish President Lech Kaczynski will sign Poland’s ratification instrument for the Treaty of Lisbon in Warsaw.
Photographer: Minna Frydén Bonnier/Regeringskansliet
Today, 10 October, Poland concludes the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. At a ceremony in Warsaw, Polish President Lech Kaczynski signed the ratification instrument in the presence of President of the Council Fredrik Reinfeldt, President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso and President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek.
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European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and financier George Soros. These are some of the participants who, together with Sweden’s Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for International Development Cooperation, are expected to attend the annual European Development Days, which this year is being held in Stockholm. The meeting, which will be the largest during the Swedish Presidency of the EU, was presented at a press briefing on Friday, 9 October.
Photographer: Virgina Mayo/AP
On 16 October Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt will head an EU troika visit to Moldova. The purpose of the visit is to meet representatives of the new Government of Moldova, including Prime Minister Vlad Filat and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Iurie Leanca.
An eco-efficient economy was the theme for the second day of the informal ministerial meeting on competitiveness in Umeå. Sweden’s Minister for Enterprise and Energy Maud Olofsson chaired the discussions between her European colleagues and the industry representatives present.
Andrew van der Lem, Head of EU Strategy at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in the UK, gives his view of the ministerial meeting in Umeå, the road to an eco-efficient economy and the importance of a climate agreement in Copenhagen in December.
