On 10th and 11th May the 4th Ecorevolution is taking place in partnership with Le Point on the theme "the new keys to success". Two round tables will be devoted to Europe.

Bulgarian and Croatian Foreign Ministers, Daniel Mitov and Miro Kovac made a joint declaration on 3rd May regarding the European migratory policy in the Balkans. On 5th May the Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov called on the countries of Eastern Europe to show more solidarity.

On 4th May the Commission put forward measures to help solve the migratory crisis with the implementation of a common European asylum regime that will be sustainable and fair. It suggested the establishment of a "solidarity contribution" of 250,000€ per personne for any country that refused to automatically take on asylum seekers in the EU, the lifting of the temporary controls on the internal borders and the liberalisation of visas for Turkish and Kosovar citizens.

On 3rd May the Hungarian Supreme Court formally allowed the government to organise a referendum on the European plan for the distribution of refugees in the EU's Member States.

The British government announced on 4th May that it was setting up an initiative to take in unaccompanied Syrian refugee children registered in Greece, Italy and France.

On 7th may during an exclusive interview with the German media group Funke Mediengruppe, the President of the Commission Jean-Claude Juncker warned that the re-establishment of border controls to counter the influx of migrants on the Brenner Pass on the border between Italy and Austria would be a "political catastrophe" for Europe.

On 6th May the OECD published a study regarding the state of the Hungarian economy.

On 8th May the Greek parliament adopted reforms on retirement pensions and income tax that involve the reduction of the highest pensions and an increase in taxes on the middle and highest incomes.

On 3rd May the European Commission published a report on crowdfunding deemed vital in view of diversifying business financing sources in Europe and for an improved connection between savings and growth.

On 9th May an exceptional Eurogroup meeting took place in view of finding an agreement between Greece and its creditors. The Finance Ministers of the euro zone defined a package of measures that Greece is due to adopt as a condition for the validation of the first review of the ESM programme: a first package of measures equivalent to 3% of the GDP and a second one in the shape of a precautionary mechanism, if the goal of a budgetary surplus of 3.5% is not achieved in 2018. Regarding the country's debt the Eurogroup meeting enabled the definition of some main principles: facilitating Greece's access to the markets, smoothing the reimbursement profile, stimulating the country's adjustment process including after the end of the programme, and the promotion of flexibility in support of uncertain GDP and interest rates.

On 5th May in Rome German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Europe's main leaders to "defend the external borders" in order to prevent "a return of nationalism".

On 5th May Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced that he would not stand for re-election during the AKP party congress that convened on 22nd May. At the same time Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan refused to reform the anti-terrorist law. However this had been a request on the part of the EU under the agreement for the management of refugees and the granting of short-stay visas.

On 4th May the EIB published its annual report on its work in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific and in overseas territories.

On 6th May the IMF published a report on the economic situation in Central, Eastern and South East Europe (CESEE) covering 22 countries.

On 9th May the President of the European Council Donald Tusk published a report on the European Council's work between December 2014, when he entered office, and April 2016.

From 13th May to 26th June, Vienna is hosting classical music, opera and dance performances for its 65th festival.

From 10th May to 11th September the Orsay Museum is hosting the first solo exhibition to take place in France devoted to Charles Gleyre. Placed under the sign of spleen and the ideal, the exhibition is an opportunity to delight once more in the illusions of academicism.

The Centre of Art Caumont in Aix-en-Provence is hosting some of Turner's paintings until 18th September. Turner was a major figure of English 19th century painting.

Until 4th September the Bramante Cloister in Rome is showing the most typical works of the Macchiaoli the biggest revolutionary Italian artistic movement of the 19th century.

Until 24th July the Pergamon Museum is offering its public an introduction to the complex nature of the Qur'an through a selection of rarely exhibited objects.

From 11th May to 4th June the Théâtre de la Ville, Paris is hosting the 7th "Chantiers d'Europe" - a place to discover artists and groups who have come from small countries which are not very well represented on stage or in the TV studios and which bring a specific view of past, present and future Europe.