'Is there an easy way to find out what’s going to be happening in the EU over the coming weeks?' is this week's selected question, to which Eric replied:

August holidays usually mean that there is very little activity in the EU during the month, so there’s generally not a lot for us EU-watchers to get excited about. However, beyond the immediate few weeks there are a number of sources you can use to find out what’s on the agenda. Try the EU Calendar, which highlights selected events of the EU institutions and lets you view by week, month or quarter.

In common with other Presidency websites, the current Swedish site maintains a diary showing forthcoming Meetings.

There are also calendars / diaries for individual bodies. For the Council, try the Timetables and agendas page; for Parliament go to Activities - In brief where there are options to search for meetings and to view the EP calendar; for the Court of Justice see its calendar page (which incidentally reveals that there are no hearings between 13 July and 30 August this year). There are links on Europa to the websites of Institutions and other bodies and to the Press centers of some of them.