30/5: meeting with Harlem Désir, French MEP on "réseau phare"
13/6: Meeting with Tony Blair
20/6: Gordon Brown’s address to the European Parliament's Labour Party (EPLP) on increase in Europe in protectionism and populism. Left must take lead for managing global change as all problems in Europe result from scope and scale of global change – need to put case for progressive globalisation and defend free trade. Brown highlights importance of social dimension an consulting the workforce, need for collective agreements on environment and moral and strategic responsibilities toward African development
26/6: Helsinki European Summit
30/6: Meeting with Israeli Ambassador: increase in tension in Gaza
11/7: Points to raise in visit to Mexico
12-15/8: Visit with Martin Schulz to Washington: meeting with Ellen Tauscher, Chair of New Democrats Caucus: identify issues of common interest to develop progressive transatlantic agenda. Meeting John Podesta member of Albright Group: US has helped to strengthen Putin’s hand. Meeting with Republican Dennis Kucinich: Democrats have no position on war [against terrorism] or on healthcare. Schulz invites Kucinich to Brussels as first congressman who has described concretely, ways in which the EU and US can cooperate
13/9: Moscow visit: EU-Russia – Belarus, Caucus, energy, Gazprom, Iran
15/7: Meeting with Tracy McKibben, White House at the National Security Council as senior director of European affairs and director of European economic affairs and EU relations: G8 Summit – US/Russian relations: gas deal
28/8: Meeting Schulz and Piero Fassino (Italian Politician): Situation of the political left in Italy and possible mergers of political parties
31/8 Meeting Schulz and Borrell: parliamentary reform
6/9: Talks between Schulz and Kim Darroch, Tony Blair’s European adviser: Merkel’s fears on lack of progress on the Constitutional Treaty. Darroch says UK aim will be to seek agreement which will fall short of requirements for holding referendum
11/9: PES meeting in Berlin: relaunch EU social policy

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