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On Tuesday 5 June 2018, the Informal Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers takes place in Sofia. The main discussion topic of the meeting is the Common Agricultural Policy in the new programming period after 2020 and attracting a new generation of agricultural workers in the agricultural sector.

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Montenegro officially applied to join the EU on 15 December 2008. On 19 December 2009, it achieved visa liberalisation with the EU and on 1 May 2010, the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA), entered into force. In November 2010, the Commission issued a favourable opinion on Montenegro's application and the Council granted it candidate status.The accession negotiations with Montenegro started on 29 June 2012.

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Angola's partnership with the EU is based on the ACP-EU Cotonou Partnership Agreement which aims to reduce poverty by developing the Angolan economy and gradually integrating it into the global economy. The Joint Way Forward promotes more active political cooperation, especially Angola's active involvement in the different regional and multilateral fora, and prioritises key areas of common interest from the 2007 Joint Africa-EU Strategy (security, governance, human rights, economic growth, energy, transport, environment, science and technology, training and education).

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The European Union’s (EU’s) relations with Rwanda focus mainly on development cooperation in areas of rural development, energy and governance but also include an increasing emphasis on trade and investment as well as a regular political dialogue covering issues of home affairs, human rights and regional cooperation.

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EU Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs meet on 4 and 5 June 2018 in Luxembourg to discuss various topics including insolvency, contract law and parental responsibility. Jointly, home affairs and justice ministers also discuss the draft legislation on e-evidence. On the second day, ministers cover different aspects of the EU migration, security and terrorism policy.

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The EU supports the process of economic and social reform underway in China. It backs China's transition towards an open society based upon the rule of law and respect for human rights, and believes this will benefit China's development and social stability. Over ninety dialogues and working groups feed the work of the annual EU-China Summit.

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The European Union works to bring an end to the conflict in Syria.

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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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In this section you will find videos of Federica Mogherini, EU HR for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, at the European Parliament.

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In this section you will find video coverage of events illustrating the relations between the EU and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

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EU Foreign Affairs ministers meet on 28 May 2018 in Brussels to focus on the situation in Iran, Venezuela, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the future agreement with the African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries. Foreign ministers also discuss the situation in Gaza, following the recent developments.

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EU Ministers of European Affairs, Industry, Research and related areas meet on 28-29 May 2018 in Brussels to carry out a competitiveness check-up on the impact of the internal market on industry. They hold discussions on mutual recognition of goods and on online platforms-to-business relations. On Tuesday, they debate space policy, the extension of the EURATOM research programme as well as research and innovation in the context of the next EU's multiannual budget. They are due to adopt conclusions on knowledge circulation and the European Open Science Cloud. The Council also takes note of a report on high performance computing.

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EU Finance Ministers meet on 25 May 2018 in Brussels to agree measures to reduce risk in the banking sector. They discuss macroeconomic imbalances and age-related expenditure in the member states.

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Donald TUSK, President of the European Council, meets EU Leaders.

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The European Economic Area (EEA) unites the EU Member States and the three EFTA States (Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway) into an Internal Market, governed by the same basic rules.

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Two grand frameworks govern EU relations with African countries. The most long-standing one is the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP), updated in 2000 by the Cotonou Agreement. More recently, the Joint-EU Africa Strategy (JAES) conceived in the 2007 EU-Africa summit.

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EU Finance Ministers of the eurozone meet on 24 May 2018 in Brussels.

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EU Ministers for Education, Youth, Culture and Sport meet on 22-23 May 2018 in Brussels.

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The partnership between the EU and The Gambia is guided by the principles and objectives found in the Cotonou Agreement, which governs the relationship between the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. The Agreement covers areas such as political dialogue, trade and development cooperation.

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EU Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Trade meet on 22 May 2018 in Brussels.

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