A round-up of UK-relevant issues on the Commission’s calendar for next week. Usual caveats apply.
12 July: Commissioner Vassiliou in London, meets David Willetts and Nick Gibb, Department for Education
12 July: European Commission to propose package to boost consumer confidence in financial services
13 July: Commissioner Geoghan-Quinn meets Reg Empey of the Ulster Unionist Party
13 July: Commission to publish a report on free movement of workers
13 July: EPSO to launch recruitment competition for English language translators (other languages as well, see EU careers for details)
13 July: Commission makes a new proposal on GMO cultivation
14 July: Commissioner Hedegaard in London, meets Chris Huhne, SoS for Energy and Climate Change. Speech at the International Climate Leadership Network
14 July: Commissioners meet representatives of the oil and gas industry to discuss safety following the Gulf of Mexico leak
15 July: Commissioner Ashton visits Georgia
15 July: Theresa May, Home Secretary and Ken Clark, SoS for Justice, visit Commissioner Reding in Brussels. Ken Clark also visits Commissioner Fule
15 July: Commissioner Piebalgs in London,participates at the launch of the EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade report; meets with SG of the Commonwealth Kamalesh Sharma; meets Andrew Mitchell, SoS for International Development
15 July: Launch of new portal to help with cross-border civil justice procedures
16 July: Commissioner Ashton in Kazakhstan for OSCE Ministerial meeting
17-19 July: Commissioner Ashton visits the Middle East