Preparation of the health and financial items for the extraordinary meeting of the General Affairs and External Relations Council on 7 January
04-01-2004 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Meeting between Jean-Claude Juncker and Jan Peter Balkenende
01-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Transition of the Presidency of the EU Council: Jean-Claude Juncker and Jan Peter Balkenende meet in Senningen
01-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Minister for Cooperation and Humanitarian Action Jean-Louis Schiltz in Sri Lanka
02-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Presidency issues appeal to EU citizens in the tsunami-hit region
02-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Jean-Claude Juncker at the extraordinary ASEAN summit
03-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Jean-Claude Juncker on coordinating aid to south-east Asia: Key role for UN
03-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Extraordinary meeting of the General Affairs and External Relations Council in Brussels on 7 January 2005
03-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Three minutes of silence for victims in south-east Asia
03-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Meeting between the Luxembourg Presidency and the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament postponed
04-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Jean Asselborn in consultations with tsunami-hit countries of Southeast Asia
04-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Jean-Louis Schiltz, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Action, in the tsunami-stricken region
04-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Europeans commemorate tsunami victims
05-01-2005 • Press Release •

European solidarity in the identification of tsunami victims: Luc Frieden speaks out in favour of automated European identification data exchange
05-01-2005 • Press Release • Justice and Home Affairs Justice and Home Affairs

Visit by the European Commission to Luxembourg
06-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Jean-Claude Juncker at the extraordinary ASEAN Summit in Jakarta
06-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Presidency calls on Cuba to thaw relations with all EU embassies
06-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Extraordinary Council – General Affairs and External Relations – held on 7 January 2005
07-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Jean Asselborn in the Middle East on 19 and 20 January
07-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Nicolas Schmit: "Pascal Lamy is the European candidate to the WTO."
07-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

European Commission visit to the Luxembourg Presidency
10-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Jean-Claude Juncker in Strasbourg
11-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Jean Asselborn at the Council of Europe
11-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

The EU’s overall response: EUR 1.5 billion for the tsunami-hit region
11-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Jean-Claude Juncker in Frankfurt
11-01-2005 • Press Release • Economic and Financial Affairs Economic and Financial Affairs

Minister for Justice, Luc Frieden, on a working visit to Madrid
12-01-2005 • Press Release • Justice and Home Affairs Justice and Home Affairs

Jean-Claude Juncker presents the programme of the Luxembourg Presidency before the European Parliament
12-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Declaration of the President of the Council to the European Parliament on the tidal wave in Asia and its consequences
12-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Jean Asselborn outlines priorities to the Council of Europe
12-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Jean-Claude Juncker at the ECB
13-01-2005 • Press Release • Economic and Financial Affairs Economic and Financial Affairs

Programme Informal "JHA" Council - 27.28.29/01/2005
14-01-2005 • Press Release • Justice and Home Affairs Justice and Home Affairs

Jean-Claude Juncker to preside over the meetings of the "Economic and Financial Affairs" Council and the Eurogroup on 17 and 18 January in Brussels
14-01-2005 • Press Release • Economic and Financial Affairs Economic and Financial Affairs

"Respect for the environment and a competitive Europe go hand in hand"
17-01-2005 • Press Release • Environment Environment

Jean Asselborn to address Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament
17-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Jean-Claude Juncker presided over the meetings of the "Economic and Financial Affairs" Council and the Eurogroup on 17 and 18 January 2005 in Brussels
18-01-2005 • Press Release • Economic and Financial Affairs Economic and Financial Affairs

Presentation by Luc Frieden and Nicolas Schmit of the priorities of the Luxembourg Presidency for "Justice and Home Affairs" to the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
18-01-2005 • Press Release • Justice and Home Affairs Justice and Home Affairs

Visit of Jean Asselborn to the Middle East on 19 and 20 January 2005
18-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

European Parliament hearing on the REACH dossier
19-01-2005 • Press Release • Competitiveness (Internal market, Industry and Research) Competitiveness (Internal market, Industry and Research)

Talks on GSP+ between Nicolas Schmit and the Pakistani Minister for Trade
19-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Statement to the press by Jean Asselborn during his visit to Israel on 19 January 2005
19-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Statement to the press by Jean Asselborn during his visit to the Palestinian Territories on 20 January 2005
20-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Meeting of Fernand Boden and Octavie Modert with Philippe Morillon, Chairman of the European Parliament Fisheries Committee
20-01-2005 • Press Release • Agriculture and Fisheries Agriculture and Fisheries

Speech by Fernand Boden, Minister for Agriculture, Viticulture and Rural Development, and by Octavie Modert, Secretary of State, to the European Parliament’s Agriculture and Rural Development Committee
20-01-2005 • Press Release • Agriculture and Fisheries Agriculture and Fisheries

Jean-Claude Juncker meets with Chancellor Schröder in Berlin
21-01-2005 • Press Release • Economic and Financial Affairs Economic and Financial Affairs

Jean Asselborn to attend UN commemoration of the liberation of Nazi death camps
22-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Luc Frieden at the swearing-in ceremony of Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko
23-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

The European Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries consult on aid to communities affected by the tidal wave in South-East Asia
24-01-2005 • Press Release • Agriculture and Fisheries Agriculture and Fisheries

European Ministers for agriculture discuss the reform of the "sugar" sector with representatives of the ACP and LDC countries
24-01-2005 • Press Release • Agriculture and Fisheries Agriculture and Fisheries

Meeting of the Presidency with the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament
25-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Luc Frieden outlines the priorities of the Luxembourg Presidency for justice and home affairs on the eve of the informal ministerial meeting of 28 and 29 January
26-01-2005 • Press Release • Justice and Home Affairs Justice and Home Affairs

Jean Asselborn to address the Permanent Council of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
26-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

"We support the efforts towards the reunification of Cyprus." (Nicolas Schmit)
26-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Minister Biltgen meets Vladimir Spidla, Commissioner responsible for Employment and Social Affairs
26-01-2005 • Press Release • Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs

Meeting between the Presidency of the Union and the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament
26-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Condoleezza Rice in Luxembourg on 9 and 10 February 2005
27-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Jean-Claude Juncker and François Biltgen received a delegation from the ETUC
27-01-2005 • Press Release • Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs

Informal JHA: “Strengthening security”
28-01-2005 • Press Release • Justice and Home Affairs Justice and Home Affairs

European cooperation in the identification of tsunami victims
28-01-2005 • Press Release • Justice and Home Affairs Justice and Home Affairs

Nicolas Schmit: "The European Union supports the efforts of the Philippine Government in the peace talks in the Philippines”
28-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Informal JHA: "Strengthening Justice"
28-01-2005 • Press Release • Justice and Home Affairs Justice and Home Affairs

General Affairs and External Relations Council meets on 31 January 2005
28-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Luc Frieden: "We owe it to the victims of Auschwitz to remain vigilant in the face of racism."
28-01-2005 • Press Release • Justice and Home Affairs Justice and Home Affairs

Informal JHA: The drafting of the Action Plan for the implementation of "The Hague Programme"
29-01-2005 • Press Release • Justice and Home Affairs Justice and Home Affairs

Informal JHA: The external dimension of European Asylum Policy
29-01-2005 • Press Release • Justice and Home Affairs Justice and Home Affairs

Luc Frieden in the United States
30-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Jean Asselborn on the Middle East: "This seems like a most appropriate time for a true re-launch of the peace process"
31-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Jean Asselborn on dialogue with Cuba
31-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Jean Asselborn: The EU supports Iraq on the road to stability, peace and democracy
31-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

The EU in favour of strengthening cooperation with Ukraine
31-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

EU-Tunisia Association Council
31-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Jean Asselborn introduces the EU action plan to assist the tsunami victims
31-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

The Council condemns the bombings of villages in Sudan
31-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

The Presidency opens the debate on the financial perspectives 2007-2013
31-01-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations

Luc Frieden: "The transatlantic relationship is unique and irreplaceable"
01-02-2005 • Press Release • General Affairs and External Relations