SATURDAY,  1 JUNE

Graham Watson will be in Rome to address a conference of the Italian Democrats who are now the main party of opposition to Mr Berlusconi’s government.  He will speak about the concerns of many Europeans over dominant ownership of the media.

MONDAY,  3 JUNE

Graham Watson will be hosting a dinner for the ambassadors of 12 countries who have applied to join the EU.  These are the Central and Eastern European countries of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia, and two Mediterranean countries, Malta and Cyprus.

TUESDAY,  4 JUNE

In Brussels, Graham Watson will be meeting Migyur Dorjee, deputy envoy of the Dalai Lama.

Graham will be travelling to Copenhagen for a series of meetings with the Danish government.  Denmark, which has a Liberal-led government, will take over presidency of the European Union on 1st July.

WEDNESDAY,  5 JUNE

In Brussels, Graham Watson will be speaking about European defence at a cross-party pressure group meeting.  Graham will be discussing the relative roles of NATO and the EU’s Common Defence Policy.

THURSDAY,  6 JUNE

Graham Watson will be having a breakfast meeting with Nigel Sheinwald, the UK ambassador to the EU.

Graham will host a reception for the launch by Will Hutton of his new book, The World We’re In.  In his book, Hutton argues that the US model of capitalism has been oversold and the European model undersold.  The author is a former editor in chief of The Observer and is a governor of the London School of Economics.

In the evening, Graham will be hosting a dinner for members of the Convention which is looking at ways of reforming and restructuring the European Union prior to enlargement.

FRIDAY,  7 JUNE

Graham Watson will be returning to the UK where he will be dealing with a large amount of casework on behalf of his constituents.

MONDAY,  10 JUNE

Graham Watson will be in Strasbourg for a week-long session of parliamentary debates and committee meetings.

Graham will be hosting a visit to Strasbourg by a group of journalists from the South West.

TUESDAY,  11 JUNE

As part of his continuing campaign for greater transparency in EU decision making, Graham Watson will be meeting the Spanish Foreign Minister, Mr Piqué and European Parliament president, Pat Cox, to negotiate an agreement allowing a committee of senior MEPs to have access to classified information for purposes of parliamentary scrutiny.

Graham will be voting on a package of measures to streamline the way the European Parliament works.

Graham will meet the Israeli ambassador, Harry Kney-Tal to discuss the events in the Middle East.

The European Parliament’s foot and mouth inquiry will be on the agenda when Graham meets Tim Bennett, chairman of the National Farmers Union.

In the evening, Graham will be meeting European Commission president Romano Prodi to discuss enlargement of the EU.  The European Liberal Democratic Group of MEPs, which Graham leads, is holding a series of meetings this week on the theme of Reuniting Europe, attended by MPs from the applicant states.

WEDNESDAY,  12 JUNE

Graham Watson will be meeting the Vice-President of the Russian Duma, Mr Lukin.

Graham will be having discussions with representatives of parliaments from the EU applicant countries and will later be speaking in a European Parliament debate on enlargement.

THURSDAY,  13 JUNE

Graham Watson will be in London to present prizes in a Law Society competition for the best examples of pro bono work by lawyers.  One winner is an entrant from Devon – details cannot yet be made available.

FRIDAY,  14 JUNE

Graham Watson will be campaigning in Kingswood, Bristol, in support of Jim Corrigan, the Liberal Democrat candidate in a by-election for Kings Chase ward of South Gloucestershire Unitary Authority.

Graham will be attending a meeting of the South West Constitutional Convention, which is campaigning for regional government for the South West.

SATURDAY,  15 JUNE

Graham Watson will be opening the Liberal Democrats Western Counties regional conference, being held at Ridgeway School, Wroughton, Swindon.

MONDAY,  17 JUNE

Graham Watson will be in Sweden to address a conference of the Centre Party, a member of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform (ELDR) group.  Graham, ELDR leader in the European Parliament, will speak about the challenges posed by EU enlargement plans.

TUESDAY,  18 JUNE

In Brussels, Graham Watson will be receiving representatives of the Kabile minority in Algeria to discuss human rights issues.

WEDNESDAY,  19 JUNE

In Brussels, Graham Watson will have a breakfast meeting with representatives of the Nordic Council of Scandinavian countries to gauge public opinion in Norway and Iceland towards membership of the EU.  Opinion in both countries has been moving strongly in favour of joining.

Graham will be discussing the future of European defence with Javier Solana, the EU’s High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and former NATO Secretary General.

Graham will be meeting representatives of the British Chamber of Commerce and will be discussing the benefits of the euro for British businesses.

Graham will later be speaking to the US Chamber of Commerce about the need for economic liberalisation in Europe.  He will be critical of the US imposition of tariffs on steel imports.

THURSDAY,  20 JUNE

Graham Watson will be travelling to Seville, Spain, to host and address a meeting of Liberal party leaders from the 15 EU member states.  The meeting, attended by Romano Prodi, president of the European Commission, and the prime ministers of Belgium, Denmark, Slovenia, Estonia and Latvia, will discuss the agenda for the Seville heads of government conference.  Graham will propose a joint declaration on immigration.   He will highlight the need for a calm and rational debate and for a common EU immigration policy.

FRIDAY,  21 JUNE

Graham Watson will be returning to the South West to deal with casework on behalf of his constituents.

At 6.30pm, Graham will be taking part in an open meeting on the cost of the foot and mouth crisis attended by members of the European Parliament’s foot and mouth committee of inquiry who are currently visiting Wales, Devon and Gloucestershire.   The meeting is at Hotel Premier Lodge in Alveston (Bristol North).

At 8.30pm, Graham will further discuss the crisis with the committee members at a meeting hosted by Gloucestershire County Council at Tortworth Court Four Pillars Hotel at Wotton-under-Edge, South Gloucestershire.

MONDAY,  24 JUNE

Graham Watson will be in Copenhagen where he will be meeting leaders of the Liberal Danish government.  Denmark takes over the presidency of the EU from Spain in July.   On the agenda will be the results of the European Council meeting of heads of state in Seville.

TUESDAY,  25 JUNE

Graham Watson will be travelling to Helsinki in Finland for a two-day meeting of the European Liberal, Democratic and Reform group which he leads.  The meeting will discuss issues on the agenda for the European Parliament’s July session in Strasbourg, including the labelling of foods produced using genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Graham will be meeting the prime minister of Finland, Paavo Lipponen.

WEDNESDAY,  26 JUNE

Graham Watson will be in Finland where he will be meeting political and business leaders to discuss industrial, environmental and social issues.

THURSDAY,  27 JUNE

Graham Watson will be travelling to Tallinn in Estonia where he will discuss the Seville summit with the Estonian prime minister.  Estonia’s progress towards joining the EU will also be on the agenda.

FRIDAY, 28 JUNE