Calendrier du lundi 13 septembre au dimanche 19 septembre 2021

Lundi 13 septembre 2021

President Ursula von der Leyen receives Mr Ryszard Legutko and Mr Raffaele Fitto, Co-Chairmen of the ECR Group in the European Parliament; receives Ms Manon Aubry and Mr Martin Schirdewan, Co-Chairs of The Left Group in the European Parliament - GUE/NGL; receives Mr Manfred Weber, Ms Iratxe García-Pérez and Mr Dacian Cioloș, Chairs of the European People's Party Group, the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats and the Renew Europe Groups in the European Parliament; receives Ms Ska Keller and Mr Philippe Lamberts, Co-Presidents of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament.

Mr Nicolas Schmit participates via videoconference at the OECD Global Action Conference ‘The Social and Solidarity Economy: from the Margins to the Mainstream'; and holds a videoconference call with Mr Wouter Koolmees, Minister of Social Affairs and Employment of the Netherlands.

Mr Janusz Wojciechowski holds a videoconference call with Mr Willy Borsus, Vice-President and Minister for Economic Affairs, Foreign Trade, Research and Innovation, the Digital Economy, Spatial Planning, Agriculture, IFAPME (Walloon institute for ongoing and freelance training and SMEs) and competence centres of Wallonia.

Mr Thierry Breton, in Paris, France: meets with Mr Bruno Le Maire, Minister for Economy, Finance and Recovery of France.

Mr Thierry Breton holds a videoconference call with Mr Pat Gelsinger, CEO of Intel Corporation.

Mr Olivér Várhelyi participates via videoconference in the Western Balkans Rail Summit.

Ms Jutta Urpilainen receives Mr Tom de Bruijn, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Netherlands.

Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius participates via videoconference in the ‘The EU's Strategy for Environmental Recovery' webinar, organized by Institute of International and European Affairs.

Mardi 14 septembre 2021

College Meeting

Ms Dubravka Šuica in Strasbourg, France (until 15/09): attends the European Parliament Plenary Session; attends the State of the Union Plenary.

Mr Margaritis Schinas delivers via videoconference opening remarks at the Unesco International Conference « La lutte contre le trafic illicite de biens culturels : pour un dialogue mondial renforcé ».

Ms Mariya Gabriel in Strasbourg, France: delivers a keynote speech, followed by a discussion, at the conference: ‘Decisive role of the European Commission for students on the opportunities offered by the EPICUR Network and by Erasmus+', at the EM Strasbourg Business School.

Mr Janusz Wojciechowski holds a videoconference call with Mr Víctor Manuel Villalobos Arámbula, Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development of Mexico.

Mr Olivér Várhelyi participates via videoconference in the 71st session of the World Health Organization Regional Committee for Europe.

Ms Jutta Urpilainen delivers a speech via videoconference at a seminar organised by SOSTE - Finnish Federation for Social Affairs and Health.

Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius participates via videoconference in the first High-Level Meeting of the Global Alliance on Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency (GACERE).

Mercredi 15 septembre 2021

President Ursula von der Leyen delivers the 2021 State of the Union address in Strasbourg, France.

Mr Frans Timmermans meets with representatives of the European Forum for Renewable Energy Sources (EUFORES) group.

Ms Margrethe Vestager in Strasbourg, France: attends the State of the European Union presentation by European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen and debate with the European Parliament.

Ms Dubravka Šuica delivers a speech via videoconference at the event  ‘Supporting local authorities on their path to climate neutrality. Focus on Slovenia and Croatia' of the European Federation of Agencies and Regions for Energy and the Environment (FEDAREN), organized jointly with the Covenant of Mayors Europe Office.

Ms Mariya Gabriel holds a videoconference call with Mr Antti Kurvinen, Minister for Culture and Science of Finland.

Ms Mariya Gabriel participates via videoconference in the first meeting of the EPP Expert Group on Innovation.

Mr Didier Reynders in Strasbourg, France: participates in a roundtable on Rule of Law organised by MEP Fabienne Keller.

Mr Olivér Várhelyi participates via videoconference in ‘The Western Balkans join the dialogue on the Future of Europe' event.

Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius participates via videoconference in the High-level segment of the EU-Chile High-Level Dialogue on Ocean Governance.

Jeudi 16 septembre 2021

President Ursula von der Leyen visits Malta in relation to the recovery and resilience facility/NextGenerationEU and the national Recovery and Resilience Plan.

Mr Frans Timmermans receives Mr Grégory Doucet, Mayor of Lyon (France); participates in the High-Level Dialogue with Turkey.

Mr Josep Borrell meets with His Majesty Philippe, King of the Belgians.

Ms Mariya Gabriel delivers an opening speech at the conference: ‘Launch of the European Innovative Teaching Award', in Brussels.

Ms Mariya Gabriel participates in the ‘New European Bauhaus Prize Ceremony', in Brussels.

Mr Janusz Wojciechowski in Florence, Italy (until 17/09): attends the G20 Agriculture Ministers Meeting.

Ms Elisa Ferreira participates in the New European Bauhaus (NEB) Prize 2021 ceremony to award the winners of the first edition of the NEB Prizes, in Brussels.

Mr Didier Reynders in Strasbourg, France: meets with Mr Robert Spano, President of the European Court of Human Rights.

Ms Kadri Simson holds a video conference call with representatives from the Cross-Sector Coalition; delivers a keynote address, via videoconference call, at the Energy Ireland 2021 conference – ‘Towards a net zero carbon future'; delivers a keynote speech, via videoconference call, at the BDEW Congress 2021.

Vendredi 17 septembre 2021

Ms Margrethe Vestager in Copenhagen, Denmark: participates as keynote speaker in the Europanævnet conference.

Mr Maroš Šefčovič participates in an online event on the State of the Union address as part of the Conference on the Future of Europe; holds a videoconference call with Ms Siri Pettersen Strandenes and Dr. Johannes Ludewig, co-chairs of RegWatchEurope.

Ms Vĕra Jourová participates via video conference in the International Press Institute's 2021 World Congress; and in the Budapest Forum.

Ms Mariya Gabriel participates via videoconference in the ‘EIT-EIF Signing Ceremony'.

Ms Mariya Gabriel holds a videoconference call with several Bulgarian schools, universities and businesses.

Mr Janusz Wojciechowski in Florence, Italy: attends the G20 Agriculture Ministers Meeting.

Ms Elisa Ferreira in Porto, Portugal: delivers a keynote speech and the closing remarks at the 9^th Conference of the Evaluation of Cohesion Policy: ‘Shaping transitions with evidence'.

Ms Kadri Simson delivers a speech via videoconference at the closing event of the Thessaloniki Helexpo Forum.

Ms Kadri Simson in Saint Paul-lez-Durance, France: visits the ITER site.

Permanence SPP le weekend du 18 au 19 septembre 2021:

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