czech eu presidency (january-june 2009) 28 NOVEMBER 2008 January February March Sun 1 1 Mon 2 EP Plenary (Strasbourg) 2 ENVI Tue 3 Cops EP Plenary (Strasbourg) 3 Cops Wed 4 Family Policy (informal, Prague) Crp II, Crp I EP Plenary (Strasbourg) 4 Crp II, Crp I Cops trip Thu 1 New Year 5 Family Policy (informal, Prague) EP Plenary (Strasbourg) 5 Competitiveness Cops trip Fri 2 6 Crp I, Cops 6 Competitiveness Cops Cops trip Sat 3 7 7 Sun 4 8 8 Mon 5 9 Eurogroup 9 EPSCO Eurogroup EP Plenary (Strasbourg) Tue 6 Cops (poss) 10 Ecofin, Cops 10 EPSCO Ecofin Cops EP Plenary (Strasbourg) Wed 7 Crp II, Crp I (poss) Government of the Czech Republic / European Commission Meeting 11 Crp I, Crp II 11 Crp I, Cops EP Plenary (Strasbourg) Thu 8 GAC (informal, Prague) 12 12 Crp II Defence (informal, Prague) EP Plenary (Strasbourg) Fri 9 Crp I, Cops 13 Crp I, Cops 13 Crp I Defence (informal, Prague) Sat 10 14 14 Sun 11 15 15 Mon 12 EP Plenary (Strasbourg) 16 EYC 16 GAERC Tue 13 Cops EP Plenary (Strasbourg) 17 Cops 17 GAERC Cops Wed 14 Crp II, Crp I (poss) EP Plenary (Strasbourg) 18 Crp I, Cops EP Plenary (Brussels) 18 Crp 1 (poss) Thu 15 JHA (informal, Prague) EP Plenary (Strasbourg) 19 TTE – energy Crp II EP Plenary (Brussels) 19 European Council Fri 16 Crp I, Cops JHA (informal, Prague) 20 Crp I 20 European Council Sat 17 21 21 Sun 18 22 22 EYC (informal, Prague) Mon 19 AgriFish Eurogroup 23 GAERC AgriFish 23 AgriFish EYC (informal, Prague) EP Plenary (Strasbourg) Tue 20 AgriFish Ecofin Cops 24 GAERC AgriFish Cops 24 AgriFish Cops EP Plenary (Strasbourg) Wed 21 Crp I, Cops 25 Crp I, Crp II 25 Crp II, Crp I EP Plenary (Strasbourg) Thu 22 Crp II EPSCO (informal, Luhačovice) 26 JHA 26 EP Plenary (Strasbourg) Fri 23 Crp I EPSCO (informal, Luhačovice) 27 JHA Crp I, Cops 27 Crp I, Cops Gymnich (informal, Hluboká nad Vltavou) Sat 24 EPSCO (informal, Luhačovice) 28 28 Gymnich (informal, Hluboká nad Vltavou) Sun 25 Trade Ministers (informal dinner) 29 Mon 26 GAERC 30 TTE – transport Tue 27 GAERC, Cops 31 TTE – telecom Cops Wed 28 Crp II, Crp I Thu 29 Development Cooperation EU (informal, Prague) Fri 30 Development Cooperation EU (informal, Prague) Crp I, Cops Sat 31 Day April May June Mon 1 Pentecost, AgriFish (informal, Brno) Tue 2 Cops, AgriFish (informal, Brno) Wed 1 Crp II, Crp I EP Plenary (Brussels) 3 Crp II, Crp I Thu 2 EP Plenary (Brussels) 4 JHA Crp I, Fri 3 Crp I, Cops Ecofin (informal, Prague) 1 Labour Day 5 JHA Crp I, Cops, Sat 4 Ecofin (informal, Prague) 2 6 Sun 5 3 Competitiveness (informal, Prague) 7 Mon 6 JHA 4 Competitiveness (informal, Prague) Eurogroup EP Plenary (Strasbourg) 8 EPSCO Eurogroup Tue 7 JHA Cops 5 Ecofin Cops Competitiveness (informal, Prague) EP Plenary (Strasbourg) 9 Ecofin EPSCO Cops Wed 8 Crp II, Crp I, Cops 6 Crp II, Crp I EP Plenary (Strasbourg) 10 Crp I, Cops Thu 9 Easter Thursday 7 EP Plenary (Strasbourg) Crp II trip 11 TTE – transport Crp II Fri 10 Good Friday 8 Crp I, Cops Crp II trip 12 TTE - energy, telecom ENVI (informal, Prague) Sat 11 9 Europe Day Crp II trip 13 ENVI (informal, Prague) Sun 12 10 Crp II trip 14 ENVI (informal, Prague) Mon 13 Easter 11 EYC 15 GAERC Tue 14 12 EYC Cops 16 GAERC Crp I, Cops Wed 15 13 Crp I, Cops 17 Thu 16 14 Crp II 18 European Council Fri 17 15 Crp I 19 European Council Sat 18 16 20 Sun 19 Orthodox Easter 17 21 Mon 20 Orthodox Easter 18 GAERC (including Defence and Development) 22 AgriFish Tue 21 Cops EP Plenary (Strasbourg) 19 GAERC (including Defence and Development) Cops 23 AgriFish Cops Wed 22 Crp I, Cops EP Plenary (Strasbourg) 20 Crp II, Crp I 24 Crp II, Crp I Thu 23 AgriFish Crp II Regional Development (informal, Marienbad) EP Plenary (Strasbourg) 21 Ascension Crp I trip 25 ENVI Fri 24 AgriFish Crp I Regional Development (informal, Marienbad) EP Plenary (Strasbourg) 22 Ascension Crp I trip 26 Crp I, Cops Sat 25 23 Crp I trip 27 Sun 26 24 Crp I trip 28 Mon 27 GAERC 25 AgriFish 29 Tue 28 GAERC Cops 26 AgriFish Cops 30 Crp I, Cops Wed 29 Crp II, Crp I TTE - transport (informal, Litoměřice) 27 Crp II, Crp I Thu 30 Cops TTE - transport (informal, Litoměřice) 28 Competitiveness Fri 29 Competitiveness Cops Sat 30 Sun 31 Pentecost, AgriFish (informal, Brno)