Calendrier du lundi 26 septembre au dimanche 2 octobre 2022
(Susceptible de modifications en cours de semaine)
Déplacements et visites
Lundi 26 septembre 2022
President Ursula von der Leyen receives Mr Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary-General.
Mr Frans Timmermans in Prague, Czechia (until 27/09): delivers an opening speech at the Green Deal Summit; visits the Škoda factory together with Ms Anna Hubáčková, Minister for Environment, followed by a working lunch with representatives of the company in the Škoda Museum; visits the Czech Institute for Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics and participates in a Citizens Dialogue with students of the Institute and young researchers; meets with Mr Gergely Karácsony, Mayor of Budapest.
Ms Margrethe Vestager receives Ms Nadia Calviño, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Economy and Digitalization of Spain; receives Mr Waldemar Buda, Minister for Economic Development and Technology of Poland; meets with the Grand Committee of the Parliament of Finland; delivers a keynote speech at the Nordic University Days organised by the Association of Nordic Universities.
Mr Valdis Dombrovskis holds a videoconference with Mr Franz Appel, CEO of Deutsche Post DHL.
Mr Josep Borrell in Madrid, Spain: delivers a keynote address for the 30th anniversary of the European Union Satellite Centre.
Mr Maroš Šefčovič receives a delegation from the Council of State of the Canton of Zurich; receives Mr Cedric Wermuth, Co-President of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland, together with Commissioner Nicolas Schmit
Ms Vĕra Jourová visits Ukraine.
Mr Margaritis Schinas receives Mr Matt Brittin, President of Google EMEA Business & Operations; participates via videoconference in the 20th Corporate Responsibility Annual Conference organised by the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce.
Mr Johannes Hahn receives Ms Nadia Calviño, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation of Spain.
Ms Mariya Gabriel in Sofia, Bulgaria: participates in the Bulgarian Innovation Forum, presenting the New European Innovation Agenda.
Ms Mariya Gabriel in Prague, Czechia (until 27/09): delivers a speech at the European Heritage Awards Ceremony 2022, co-hosted by the European Commission and Europa Nostra.
Mr Nicolas Schmit receives Ms Nadia Calvino, Vice-President and Minister for Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation of Spain; receives representatives from the European Chemical Industry Council, IndustriAll and BASF; receives Mr Michaël Delafosse, Mayor of Montpellier, France; receives Ms Barbara Teiber, President of Austrian trade union Gewerkschaft der Privatangestellten-Druck-Journalismus-Papier (GPA); receives Mr Cedric Wermuth, Co-President of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland, together with Mr Maroš Šefčovič.
Mr Paolo Gentiloni receives Mr Pier Carlo Padoan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of UniCredit.
Mr Thierry Breton participates, via videoconference, in the G20 Tourism Ministerial Meeting; receives Ms Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB); receives Ms Nadia Calviño, First Vice President and Minister for Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation of Spain; receives Mr Jon Abrahamsson, CEO of Inter IKEA and Mr Jesper Brodin, CEO of Ring & Ingka's Group.
Ms Elisa Ferreira receives Minister Nadia Calviño, First Deputy Prime Minister of Spain and Minister for Economy and Digitalization; Ms Elisa Ferreira participates in the Masterclass of international researchers on the Geography of Discontent.
Mr Didier Reynders opens the Conference on fundamental rights and the rule of law organised by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC).
Mr Didier Reynders in Paris, France: participates in a conference organised by the ‘Cercle des Ambassadeurs à Paris'.
Ms Ylva Johansson hosts a videoconference call with Mr Ivan Demerdzhiev, Deputy Prime Minister for Public Order and Security and Minister of Interior of Bulgaria; hosts a videoconference call with Ms Najat Maalla, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, United Nations.
Mr Janez Lenarčič participates in Senior Officials Meeting on Ukraine in Brussels.
Ms Adina Vălean in Montreal, Canada (until 28/9): meets with Mr Salvatore Sciacchitano, President of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council; and with Mr S Iswaran, Minister for Transport and Minister-In-Charge of Trade Relations of Singapore.
Ms Jutta Urpilainen receives African Members of the Climate Parliament; receives Mr Amandeep Singh Gill, UN Envoy on Technology; receives Ms Sanna Lauslahti, Managing Director of the Pharma Industry Finland; receives the Grand Committee of the Parliament of Finland.
Ms Kadri Simson delivers an opening speech at the European Sustainable Energy Week, in Brussels; presents the European Sustainable Energy Awards; participates in the European Sustainable Energy Week Youth Dialogue, in Brussels.
Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius speaks at the conference ‘The Road Leading to the Success of CBD COP15: Building a Shared Future for All Life on Earth', organized by the Ministry for Environment of China, via videoconference call; receives Mr Hervé Berville, Secretary of State for the Sea of France.
Mardi 27 septembre 2022
Mr Frans Timmermans in Prague, Czechia (until 27/09): participates in a roundtable discussion with selected stakeholders of the environment, climate, energy and agriculture sectors; participates in the 11th Direct Dialogue with EU Capitals Mayors, on renewables, energy savings and green mobility; meets with Mr Jozef Síkela, Minister for Industry and Trade; meets with Mr Rafał Trzaskowski, Mayor of Warsaw, Poland; meets with Mr Vitali Klitschko, Mayor of Kyiv, Ukraine; and meets with Mr Mikuláš Bek, Minister for European Affairs.
Ms Margrethe Vestager receives Mr Brendan Carr, Commissioner at the US Federal Communications; delivers a keynote speech at the conference ‘To empower, not to weaken: Rethinking consumer protection in the digital age', organised by the European Consumer Organisation BEUC; delivers a keynote speech for a webinar on the European approach to digitalisation organised by the European Central Bank.
Mr Valdis Dombrovskis receives Mr Clyde Caruana, Minister for Finance and Employment of Malta; receives Mr Waldemar Buda, Minister for Economic Development and Technology of Poland; receives Mr José Manuel Albares Bueno, Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain; participates in the Elcano Royal Institute event ‘The Ukraine War and the future of European integration'.
Mr Maroš Šefčovič in Monaco: meets with Mr Stéphane Valeri and Ms Brigitte Boccone-Pages, President and Vice-President of the National Council.
Ms Dubravka Šuica receives Mr Marin Piletić Minister for Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy of Croatia; participates in the 14th European Forum on the rights of the child - 'Bringing Children at the centre: Empowering, Protecting and Including Children', organised by the European Commission.
Ms Vĕra Jourová speaks at the conference A European Perspective: The Future of News and Debate in the EU; meets with Members of Estonian Parliament.
Mr Margaritis Schinas receives Mrs Ana Revenco, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Moldova; meets with representatives of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium & Luxembourg.
Mr Johannes Hahn receives Mr Robert Holzmann, Governor of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank; receives Ms Alexandra van Huffelen, Minister of Digitalisation of the Netherlands.
Ms Mariya Gabriel in Prague, Czechia: participates in the European Cultural Heritage Summit - European Heritage Policy Agora.
Ms Mariya Gabriel holds a videoconference call with the European University Alliance E³UDRES².
Mr Nicolas Schmit receives Mr Marin Piletić, Croatia's Minister of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy; receives Ms Manuela Schwesig, Minister President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as well as the Cabinet Ministers of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern; receives Ms Charlotte Caubel, France's Secretary of State for children.
Mr Paolo Gentiloni receives Mr Clyde Caruana, Minister of Finance of Malta; receives Mr Waldemar Buda, Minister for Economic Development and Technology of Poland.
Mr Thierry Breton receives Ms Alexandra Carla van Huffelen, Minister for Digitalisation of The Netherlands; receives Mr Waldemar Buda, Minister for Economic Development and Technology of Poland; receives Mr Ingacio Galán, CEO and Chairman of Iberdrola; receives Mr Micael Johansson, CEO of Saab.
Ms Elisa Ferreira receives with Mr Mathieu Hanotin, Mayor of St Denis and President of Saine-Plaine Commune, France; holds a Policy Dialogue ‘Addressing brain drain: retaining and attracting talents in EU regions' in the European Year of Youth with representatives from European youth associations.
Ms Ylva Johansson receives Ms Ana Revenco, Minister of Internal Affairs for Moldova.
Ms Stella Kyriakides delivers opening remarks at the High Level Ministerial Conference on African Swine Fever; participates in a keynote interview at European Health Forum Gastein in the Plenary session on ‘Europe in permacrisis – pandemic, climate, war'.
Ms Adina Vălean in Canada: visits Airbus facilities in Mirabel; attends in Montreal the opening session of the 41st International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly, and meets with Mr Pete Buttigieg, Secretary for Transportation of the United States.
Ms Jutta Urpilainen addresses the first meeting of the High-Level Experts Group on Sustainable Finance for Low and Middle Income Countries; receives Mr José Manuel Albares, Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain.
Ms Kadri Simson in Vienna, Austria: attends the Annual (IAEA) General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius receives Mr Mark Costa, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Eastman; receives representatives of the INGKA Group.
Ms Mairead McGuinness receives Mr Jesper Brodin, CEO and President of the Ingka Group/IKEA; receives Mr Robert Holzmann, Governor of the National Bank of Austria; speaks, via videoconference, at the conference 'Opportunities and challenges of the tokenisation of finance: which role for Central Banks?', organised by Banque de France; opens Roundtable on remittances to Ukraine; participates in an event organised by Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI), Insurance Ireland, and Irish Funds.
Mercredi 28 septembre 2022
College Meeting
Mr Frans Timmermans launches the Biomethane Industrial Partnership, together with Ms Kadri Simson and the European Biogas Association, in Brussels; meets with Ms Laurence Tubiana, CEO of the European Climate Foundation (ECF).
Mr Josep Borrell receives Mr Santiago Andrés Cafiero, Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina.
Mr Maroš Šefčovič in Monaco: meets with the Sovereign Prince of Monaco Albert II; meets with Mr Pierre Dartout, State Minister of Monaco, and members of Monaco's government.
Ms Vĕra Jourová receives Mr Alexis Tsipras, Leader of Syriza party.
Mr Johannes Hahn receives Ms Odile Renaud-Basso, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
Ms Mariya Gabriel participates in the European Research and Innovation Days, in Brussels.
Mr Nicolas Schmit receives Ms Odile Renaud-Basso, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Mr Paolo Gentiloni participates via videoconference in the Frankfurt Forum on US-European GeoEconomics.
Mr Janusz Wojciechowski in Bali, Indonesia: participates in G20 Agriculture Ministers' meeting.
M. Thierry Breton à Jouy-en-Josas, France: prononce un discours à l'occasion de la convention annuelle en lien avec le 20ème anniversaire de l'Académie des Technologies.
Ms Elisa Ferreira in Ljubliana and Maribor, Slovenia (until 29/09): meets with Prime Minister Dr Robert Golob and Minister for Development and European Cohesion Policy Dr Aleksander Jevsek, for the launch event of the 2021-2027 Partnership Agreement; visits several projects funded by Cohesion Policy.
Mr Janez Lenarčič delivers opening remarks at the Rights of the Child Forum in Brussels; receives Ms Ana Revenco, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Moldova.
Ms Adina Vălean in Montreal, Canada: meets with Mr Omar Alghabra, Minister for Transport of Canada; and with Mr Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union Minister for Civil Aviation of India.
Ms Jutta Urpilainen receives Ms Odile Renaud-Basso, President of the EBRD, and they sign the Financial Framework Partnership Agreement (FFPA) between the European Commission and the EBRD.
Ms Kadri Simson receives Ms Odile Renaud-Basso, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius receives Mr Iván Romero-Martínez, Chair of the International Coffee Organization (lCO); receives representatives of European Union for Responsible Treatment of Special Waste (EURITS).
Ms Mairead McGuinness receives Ms Sharon Donnery, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland; speaks at the dinner of 13th Rural Development Conference 'Building Sustainable, Resilient and Thriving Rural Places' of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), in Cavan (Ireland).
Jeudi 29 septembre 2022
Mr Frans Timmermans receives Mr Xie Zhenhua, Special Envoy for Climate Change of China; receives Ms Odile Renaud-Basso, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD); meets with Mr Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO); and participates, via videoconference, in a meeting of the Clean Hydrogen Alliance.
Ms Margrethe Vestager delivers a keynote speech at the European Sustainable Energy Week organised by DG Energy.
Mr Valdis Dombrovskis holds a videoconference call with Mr Denys Shmyhal, Prime Minister of Ukraine; participates in the European Banking Federation Summit 2022 - ‘Reinforcing Resilience in a New Reality'.
Ms Vĕra Jourová in Athens, Greece: meets with Mr Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece, with Mr Konstantinos Tsiaras, Minister of Justice of Greece, with Mr Yiannis Oikonomou, Spokesman and Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister of Greece, with Mr Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece and with representatives of Journalist Associations.
Mr Margaritis Schinas in Heraklion, Crete: delivers a speech at the EPP group study days; meets with Mr Stavros Arnaoutakis, Governor of the Prefecture of Crete; visits the NATO maritime interdiction operational training.
Mr Maroš Šefčovič receives Mr Karel Hirman, Minister of Economy of Slovakia.
Ms Mariya Gabriel participates in the European Research and Innovation Days, in Brussels.
Mr Nicolas Schmit in Ida-Viru county, Estonia: visits mining area together with Mr Peep Peterson, Minister of Health and Labour; meets with local municipality leaders; meets with local entrepreneurs, workers' representatives, NGOs, and youth organisations.
Mr Paolo Gentiloni receives Ms Ana Botin, President of the European Banking Federation (EBF) and Chairman of Banco Santander and Mr Wim Mijs, CEO of the EBF.
Mr Janusz Wojciechowski in Indonesia: participates in field trip of G20 Agriculture Ministers to Jatiluwih Rice Terrace.
Mr Thierry Breton receives Mr Kristjan Järvan, Minister for Entrepreneurship and Information Technology of Estonia.
Ms Elisa Ferreira in Zagreb and Osijek, Croatia (until 30/09): meets with Prime Minister Mr Andrej Plenković and other members of Government and with local stakeholkdersfor the launch event of the 2021-2027 Partnership Agreement; delivers the opening address at a Conference on Cohesion Policy 2021-2027; visits several projects supported by Cohesion Policy.
Mr Didier Reynders participates via videoconference in the Congrès des notaires de Belgique.
Ms Jutta Urpilainen receives human rights defenders who are beneficiaries of the EU Human Rights Defenders Mechanism, and representatives of the ProtectDefenders.eu consortium; receives Mr Petteri Taalas, Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organization.
Ms Kadri Simson receives the Directors of The Green 10, a coalition of the largest international environmental organisations and networks; receives Members of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Climate of the Parliament of The Netherlands; and receives Mr László Palkovics, Minister for Innovation and Technology of Hungary.
Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius meets with Ms Viviane Heijnen, State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management of The Netherlands, in the Europa Building, in Brussels, Belgium.
Ms Mairead McGuinness delivers a pre-recorded keynote speech at the BBVA's EduFin Summit.
Vendredi 30 septembre 2022
Ms Margrethe Vestager in Dublin, Ireland: delivers a keynote speech at the event ‘Ireland as a leader in a strong, digital EU', organised by Irish the Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC); delivers a keynote speech at the event ‘Europe in Changing Times', organised by The Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA).
Ms Vĕra Jourová in Athens, Greece: speaks at the Athens Democracy Forum, meets with Mrs Evangelia Nika, President of the Council of State; meets with Mr Andreas Pottakis, Greek Ombudsman and members of Task force on media issues.
Mr Margaritis Schinas in Heraklion, Crete: visits the laboratories of the Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas; meets with Mr Nektarios Tavernarakis, the Head of the Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas ; meets with the Archbishop of Crete, Evgenios ; participates to an open dialogue with citizens.
Mr Maroš Šefčovič receives a delegation from U.S. Steel Kosice.
Ms Dubravka Šuica in Cyprus: participates in a panel discussion on Participatory Democracy in the follow-up of the Conference on the Future of Europe in the Cyprus Forum, organised by the European Commission and the national authorities of Cyprus.
Ms Mariya Gabriel in Tokyo, Japan: on official visit.
Mr Nicolas Schmit in Tallinn, Estonia: meets with Ms Kaja Kallas, Prime Minister; Ms Signe Riisalo, Minister of Social Protection; visits Tallink Isabelle ferry which is housing refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, together with Minister Riisalo; participates in a joint meeting of the Estonian Parliament's European Union Affairs Committee, Social Affairs Committee and Economic Affairs Committee; meets with Mr Arto Aas, Managing Director of the Estonian Employers' Confederation; meets with Mr Jaan-Hendrik Toomel, chair of the Estonian Trade Union Confederation.
Mr Paolo Gentiloni participates via videoconference in a webinar organised by the Business School of Il Sole 24 Ore.
Mr Janusz Wojciechowski in Warsaw, Poland: participates in General Assembly of the Polish Union of Livestock Breeders and Producers.
Mr Thierry Breton receives Ms Eva Berneke, CEO of Eutelsat.
Mr Janez Lenarčič in Berlin, Germany: meets with Ms Annalena Baerbock, Minister for Foreign Affairs; meets with Ms Nancy Faeser, Minister of the Interior and Community.
Ms Jutta Urpilainen visits Helsinki, Finland; attends a hearing in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Finland; attends a hearing in the Grand Committee of the Parliament of Finland; speaks at the event ‘Finland, EU and Africa amidst the changing world situation' organised by the Finnish Parliament's global group.
Ms Mairead McGuinness participates in the Russian Elites, Proxies, and Oligarchs (REPO) deputies TaskForce.
Samedi 1er octobre 2022
Mr Josep Borrell in La Toja, Spain: delivers a keynote speech at the Foro Atlántico La Toja.
Ms Dubravka Šuica in Croatia: attends the event ‘Commemoration Day for Victims of the War', organised by the City of Dubrovnik.
Dimanche 2 octobre 2022
Ms Jutta Urpilainen participates in the Helsinki Security Forum, takes part in the session titled ‘Northern European security redone, session on 21st Century European Security in Global Competition'.
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