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EU Ministers of Finance meet in Brussels on 8 December 2015 to discuss a proposed European deposit insurance scheme, implementation of the banking union, the prevention of terrorist financing, taxation and the European Semester.

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EU Finance Ministers of the eurozone meet in Brussels on 7 December 2015 to discuss further steps on the banking union's single supervisory mechanism, the state of play on Greece and the Ireland post-programme surveillance.

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EU relations with Armenia are governed by the EU -Armenia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement signed in 1996 and entered into force in 1999

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EU Ministers of Employment, Social Affairs, Consumer Protection, Health and Equal Opportunities (EPSCO) meet on 7 December 2015 in Brussels to try to reach a general approach on women on company boards directive, and to tackle the integration of the long-term unemployed into the labour market. Conclusions on the reduction of alcohol-related harm, personalised medicine, dementia and lessons learned from the Ebola outbreak are also to be adopted.

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Ministerial meetings between the EU and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

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EU Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs meet in Brussels on 3 and 4 December 2015 to try to reach a partial general approach on a regulation on a European Public Prosecutor Office and to hold a general discussion on the consequences of the invalidation of the Data Retention Directive. Actions to combat terrorism and the internal security strategy of the EU are also topics to discuss, as well as the progress on a directive on passenger name record data.

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On 2 December 2015 the EU signed a short-stay visa waiver agreement with Colombia, at a ceremony that took place in Brussels. The EU’s relations with Colombia are built on political dialogue, trade, and development cooperation, and cover a wide range of bilateral, regional and multilateral issues, whilst also helping to address the legacies of its internal armed conflict.

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EU Naval Operation Sophia against human smugglers in the Mediterranean, previously EUNAVFOR Med. The operation is aimed at disrupting the business model of human smuggling and trafficking networks in the Mediterranean and to prevent the further loss of life at sea. It is part of a wider EU comprehensive approach to migration, tackling both the symptoms and root causes such as conflict, poverty, climate change and persecution.

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The "European Union-NATO Declaration on the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP)" and the "Berlin Plus" arrangements are the basic documents for the EU-NATO strategic partnership.

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The EU stands united with the people and Government of France and expresses solidarity on the 13 November Paris attacks.

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A Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) between the EU and Tajikistan was signed in October 2004 and it is currently being ratified by the EU Member States. Tajikistan is also part of the EU and Central Asia Strategy for a New Partnership.

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The EU-Canada Partnership Agenda adopted at the Ottawa Summit on 18 March 2004, identifies ways of working together to move forward, especially where joint action can achieve more than acting alone.

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Ministers in charge of competitiveness have a first discussion on the new internal market strategy. Better regulation, Competitiveness check-up, and European Research Area are also on the agenda of the Council, on 30 November and 1 December.

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The 2015 Climate Change Conference in Paris aims to achieve for the first time in over 20 years of UN negotiations a legally binding and universal agreement on climate, with the aim of keeping global warming below 2°C.

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EU Ministers of Finance meet in Brussels on 13 November 2015 to prepare the negotiations with the European Parliament on the 2016 EU budget.

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The European Council called for an international summit to discuss migration issues with African and other key countries concerned. This summit takes place in Valletta on 11 and 12 November 2015.

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Relations between the EU and Georgia started in 1992. Bilateral relations have further intensified since the 2003 rose revolution which brought to power a new Georgian administration committed to an ambitious programme of political and economic reforms.

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EU Ministers of Finance meet in Brussels on 10 November 2015 to try to reach a political agreement on the rules for bridge financing of the single resolution mechanism.

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Speeches by Donald TUSK, President of the European Council.

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EU Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs meet in Brussels on 9 November 2015 to discuss the current migration crisis.

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