Competitiveness
Competitiveness Council press conferences and webcasts during the Presidency
- Press conference with Minister for Enterprise and Energy Maud Olofsson and Commissioner Günter Verheugen, 24 September
- Press conference with Minister for Trade Ewa Björling, 24 September
- Webcast: European Competition Day, 6 October
- Webcast: Ewa Björling, Sweden’s Minister for Trade, about the ministerial meeting on 14-16 October
- EU ministers meet in 'city of birches', 14-16 October
- Webcast: Press conference about services without frontiers, 14 October
- Webcast: Prize ceremony, The Single Market Award, 14 October
- Webcast: Informal meeting with Ministers for the Internal Market, working session 1, 14 October
- Webcast: Press conference after the Informal meeting of the Ministers for the Internal Market, 14 October
- Webcast: Informal meeting of the Competitiveness Ministers, working session 1, 15 October
- Webcast: Informal meeting of the Competitiveness Ministers, working session 2, 15 October
- Webcast: Press conference, 15 October
- Competitiveness Council
- Press conference with Nyamko Sabuni, Swedish Minister for Integration and Gender Equality 3 December
- Press Conference with Ewa Björling, Swedish Minister for Trade and Commissioner Günter Verheugen, 4 December
- Webcast: Press Conference with Maud Olofsson, Minister for Enterprise and Energy, Deputy Prime Minister, 4 December
Entrepreneurship and free movement in focus
The Competitiveness Council usually meets four times a year and brings together ministers for enterprise and energy, research or EU affairs, depending on the agenda. Issues addressed here cover areas such as the free movement of goods and services, measures to encourage enterprise in Europe and EU support for research. In October 2009, an informal meeting of the competitiveness ministers will take place in Umeå, under the leadership of the Minister for Trade Ewa Björling, the Minister for Enterprise and Energy, Maud Olofsson and the Minister for Higher Education and Research Tobias Krantz.
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