European Calendar of Events

31 August:                 Jackson Hole

3 September:             Eurozone finance ministers meeting

6 September:             ECB governing council

11 September:           Bundestag returns from summer recess

12 September:           German constitutional court ruling on ESM and the fiscal compact

12 September:           Netherlands general election

Mid-September:         Troika report on Greece

14 September:           Eurozone finance ministers meeting

14-15 September:     ECOFIN

22 September:           Hollande/Merkel bilateral

26 September:           French draft budget for 2013 to parliament

4 October:                  ECB governing council

8 October:                  Eurozone finance ministers meeting (Review of Troika report on Greece)

9 October:                  ECOFIN

12-14 October:           IMF annual meeting (in Tokyo)

18-19 October:           EU summit

19-20 October:           CSU party convention

4-5 November:           G20 finance ministers (in Mexico)

8 November:              ECB governing council

12 November:             Eurozone finance ministers meeting

13 November:             ECOFIN

3 December:               Eurozone finance ministers meeting

3-5 December:            CDU party convention

4 December:              ECOFIN

13-14 December:       European Council

20 January 2013:      Lower Saxony regional election