European Movement Calendar: Maltese Presidency January-July 2017
January
Sun 01
Mon 02
Tues 03
Wed 04
Thurs 05
Start of the
Maltese
Presidency of
the Council of
the EU
Fri 06
Political and
Security
Committee
Sat 07
Sun 08
Mon 09
Tues 10
Nollaig na
mBan
Wed 11
Thurs 12
Fri 13
Sat 14
Sun 15
Mon 16
College of Commissioners Visit
Malta for Opening Ceremony
of Maltese Presidency
Foreign
Affairs Council
Australian
Tennis Open
Begins
Political and Security
Committee
COREPER I
New Year’s
Day
COREPER II
Tues 17
Wed 18
Thurs 19
Fri 20
Political and
Security
Committee
COREPER I
Governing
Council of the
ECB
COREPER I
College
of Europe
Application
Deadline
Sat 21
Sun 22
Mon 23
Tues 24
Informal General Affairs
Council
AGRIFISH
Council
COREPER II
Political and
Security
Committee
Political
and Security
Committee
Wed 25
Thurs 26
COREPER I
COREPER II
Informal Justice and Home
Affairs Council
ECOFIN
Political
and Security
International
Committee
Day of ComEurogroup
memoration of
the Holocaust
EM Ireland
Malta
Presidency
Briefing and
Calendar Launch
EP Plenary (Strasbourg)
Fri 27
Sat 28
Sun 29
Mon 30
Tues 31
Political
and Security
Committee
Data Privacy
Day
COREPER I
BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition
Music for Galway: Midwinter Festival
Temple Bar Trad Festival
February
Wed 01
Thurs 02
Governing
Council of the
ECB
Fri 03
Sat 04
EU27 Summit
(Valletta)
RBS Rugby Six
Nations Begins;
Scotland v
Ireland
EP Plenary (Brussels)
COREPER I
COREPER II
Sun 05
Mon 06
Tues 07
Wed 08
Thurs 09
Fri 10
Sat 11
Sun 12
Foreign
Affairs Council
General
Affairs Council
COREPER I
COREPER II
COREPER II
(TBC)
Maltese Feast
of St Paul’s
Shipwreck
RBS Rugby Six
Nations; Italy
v Ireland
German
Presidential
Election
Blue Star
Teacher’s
Training Day
Political and
Security
Committee
Political and
Security
Committee
Political and
Security
Committee
Mon 13
Tues 14
Security Committee
AGRIFISH Council
Political and
Security
Committee
Allianz
National
Hurling League
Begins
Wed 15
Thurs 16
Fri 17
Governing
Council of the
ECB
National Day
of Lithuania
Political and
Security
Committee
COREPER I
COREPER II
Sat 18
Sun 19
Mon 20
Tues 21
Wed 22
Thurs 23
Fri 24
Sat 25
COREPER I
Eurogroup
Education,
Youth, Culture
and Sports
Council
Competitiveness Council
(Internal
Market &
Industry)
ECOFIN
Council
COREPER I
COREPER II
Political and
Security
Committee
Transport
Telecommunications &
Energy Council (Transport)
RBS Rugby
Six Nations;
Ireland v
France
EP Plenary (Strasbourg)
World Day of
Social Justices
Cork International Poetry Festival
Valentines Day
Political and
Security
Committee
Justice and
Home Affairs
Council (TBC)
Competitiveness Council
(Research and
Space)
Sun 26
Mon 27
Tues 28
Transport
Telecommunications and
Energy
Council
(Energy)
Environment
Council
Political and
Security
Committee
Pancake
Tuesday
National Day
of Estonia
Tedfest11, Inis Mór
Audi Dublin International Film Festival
March
Wed 01
Thurs 02
Fri 03
COREPER I
COREPER II
Sat 04
Sun 05
Mon 06
World Wildlife
Day
Foreign
Affairs Council
Informal Foreign Affairs
Council (Trade)
ESPCO Council
Political and
Security
Committee
AGRIFISH
Council
EP Plenary (Brussels)
Tues 07
Wed 08
Thurs 09
Fri 10
Sat 11
Sun 12
Mon 13
Governing
Tripartite
RBS Rugby Six
General
Affairs Council Social Summit Council of the Nations; Wales
ECB
v Ireland
COREPER I
Political and
Political and
European Council
Security
Security
Committee
Committee
International
Women’s Day
Cork French Film Festival
Tues 14
Wed 15
Thurs 16
Fri 17
Sat 18
Political and
Security
Committee
COREPER I
COREPER II
Political and
Security
Committee
COREPER I
(TBC)
RBS Rugby
Six Nations;
Ireland v
England
National Day
of Hungary
St Patrick’s
Day
Sun 19
Mon 20
Tues 21
Wed 22
Thurs 23
Fri 24
Sat 25
Sun 26
Eurogroup
ECOFIN
Council
Governing
Council of the
ECB
General
Council of the
ECB
COREPER I
Clocks Go
Forward
1 Hour
COREPER I
COREPER II
Political and
Security
Committee
EM Ireland
Treaty of
Rome 60th
Anniversary
Members’
Event
ESPCO Council
International
Day of
Happiness
Parliamentary
elections in the
Netherlands
March Equinox
EP Plenary (Strasbourg)
Political and
Security
Committee
World Cup
Qualifier
Group Stage;
Ireland v Wales
European Day
of Artistic
Creativity
Mon 27
Tues 28
Wed 29
COREPER I
COREPER II
Justice and Home
Affairs Council
Political and Security
Committee
Thurs 30
Fri 31
COREPER I
Franco- Irish
Literary Festival
Maltese
begins, Dublin Freedom Day
National Day
of Greece
Dingle International Film Festival
Mountains to the Sea DLR Book Festival
Seachtain Na Gaeilge
April
Sat 01
Sun 02
World Autism
Awareness
Day
Mon 03
Tues 04
Wed 05
Thurs 06
Fri 07
Foreign
Affairs Council
Political and
Security
Committee
Governing
Council of the
ECB
Political and
Security
Committee
COREPER I
Informal
Competition
Council
(Internal
Market and
Industry)
World Health
Day
AGRIFISH Council
COREPER I
COREPER II
ESPCO Council
Sat 08
Sun 09
Mon 10
Tues 11
Wed 12
Thurs 13
Political and Security
Committee
Informal ECOFIN
Fri 14
Sat 15
Sun 16
Good Friday
Mon 17
Tues 18
Wed 19
Thurs 20
Fri 21
Sat 22
Sun 23
Mon 24
French
Presidential
Elections
(1st Round)
Easter Sunday Easter Monday
COREPER I
COREPER II
Tues 25
Wed 26
General
Affairs Council
(Cohesion)
Political and
Security
Committee
COREPER I
COREPER II
Governing
Council of the
ECB
EP Plenary (Brussels)
Informal Defence Council
Informal Environment
Council
Irish Grand National Fairyhouse
EP Plenary (Strasbourg)
Galway Food Festival
Thurs 27
Fri 28
Sat 29
Sun 30
COREPER I
(TBC)
Political and
Security
Committee
Cup of Tae Festival, Donegal
Bray Jazz Festival
National
Day of the
Netherlands
Drogheda Arts Festival
Punchestown Irish National Hunt Festival
Galway Theatre Festival
May
Mon 01
Tues 02
Wed 03
Thurs 04
Governing
Council of the
ECB
May Day
Cup of Tae
Festival,
Donegal
Sat 06
COREPER I
Political and Security
Committee (TBC)
Informal
Competition
Council
(Research)
Sun 07
Mon 08
French
Presidential
Election
(2nd Round)
Giro d’Italia
begins
COREPER I
COREPER II
Drogheda Arts Festival
Fri 05
Tues 09
Wed 10
Thurs 11
Fri 12
Sat 13
EM Ireland
Handshake
for Europe
COREPER I
COREPER II
Foreign Affairs
Council (Trade)
COREPER I
(TBC)
European
Rugby
Champions
Cup, Edinburgh
Europe Day
European Day
of Independent
Living
Political and Security Committee
AGRIFISH
(TBC)
Mon 15
Tues 16
Wed 17
Thurs 18
Fri 19
Foreign
Affairs Council
General
Affairs Council
Governing
Council of the
ECB
Foreign
Affairs Council
(Defence)
Foreign
Affairs Council
(Development)
Security Committee
Eurovision
Song Contest
Final, Kyiv
Launch
of 2016
Accountability
Report
COREPER II Trip (MT)
Sun 14
COREPER I
COREPER II
Europe Week
Day Against
Homophobia
Sun 21
Inf. Transport, Telecommunications
and Energy Council (Energy)
EP Plenary (Strasbourg)
Political and
Security
Committee
Sat 20
Justice and
Home Affairs
Council
Litfest: Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food & Wine
Political and
Security
Council
Mon 22
Tues 23
Wed 24
Education, Youth, Culture and
Sports Council
Informal AGRIFISH
Eurogroup
ECOFIN
Council
COREPER I
COREPER II
Thurs 25
Fri 26
European Day
of Parks
Sat 27
Sun 28
Mon 29
Tues 30
Wed 31
Guinness
Pro 12 Final,
Dublin
Giro d’Italia
ends
Competitiveness Council
(Internal
Market and
Industry)
Competitiveness Council
(Research and
Space)
COREPER II
French Tennis
Open Begins
Tattersalls Irish Guineas
Festival, Curragh
Political and Security Council
International Literature Festival Dublin
Fleadh Nua, Ennis, Co. Clare
Cannes Film Festival
International Day of UN
Peacekeepers
Political and
Security
Committee
Fri 02
Sat 03
Sun 04
Mon 05
Cork City
Marathon
June Bank
Holiday
COREPER I Trip (MT)
EP Plenary
(Brussels)
Listowel
Writer’s Week
Begins
EP Plenary
(Brussels)
July
June
Thurs 01
COREPER I
National Day
of Italy
Political and
Security
Council
British and
Irish Lions
Tour of New
Zealand Begins
Bloom Festival (Dublin)
The Cat Laughs Comedy Festival, Kilkenny
VHI Women’s
Mini Marathon
World
Environment
Day
Tues 06
Wed 07
Thurs 08
COREPER I
National Day
of Sweden
COREPER II
Political and Security Council
Governing
Council of the
ECB
Junior and
Leaving
Certificate
Exams Begin
Malta National
Holiday
Fri 09
Sat 10
Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council
Sun 11
Mon 12
Tues 13
Wed 14
Thurs 15
World Cup
Qualifier
Group Stage;
Ireland v
Austria
AGRIFISH
AGRIFISH
(TBC)
COREPER I
COREPER II
Eurogroup
Political and Security Committee
Informal Cohesion Council
Justice and Home Affairs
Council
Fri 16
Sat 17
EPSCO
(Health)
EPSCO
(Employment
and Social
Policy)
Bloomsday
(James Joyce
Festival)
COREPER II
(TBC)
ECOFIN
Sun 18
Father’s Day
Mon 19
Tues 20
Foreign
General
Affairs Council Affairs Council
Environment
Council
World Refugee
Day
General
Council of the
ECB
Summer
Solstice
Fri 23
Sat 24
Sun 25
St. John’s Eve
Bonfire Night,
Kilronan, Aran
Islands
European Council
The Hay Festival, Meath
COREPER I
Taste of Dublin
Council Events
European Parliament Events
Other EU and International
Institutions Events
Dates for your Diary
EM Ireland Events
Thurs 22
Governing
Council of the
ECB
Political and Security Committee
EP Plenary (Strasbourg)
Political and Security Council Trip (Malta)
Wed 21
Mon 26
Tues 27
Wed 28
Thurs 29
Transport,
Telecommunications and
Energy Council (Energy)
Political and
Security
Committee
COREPER I
COREPER II
Political and
Security
Committee
Fri 30
Last Day of
the Maltese
Presidency of
the Council of
Maltese Feast
the EU
of St Peter and
St Paul
COREPER I
Sat 01
Start of the
Estonian
Presidency of
the Council of
the EU
Wexford Literary Festival
Dublin Pride (TBC)
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