Calendrier du lundi 24 octobre au dimanche 30 octobre 2022
(Susceptible de modifications en cours de semaine)
Déplacements et visites
Lundi 24 octobre 2022
President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech at the Grand Challenges Annual Meeting 2022 in Brussels.
Ms Margrethe Vestager receives members of the Roundtable for Europe's Energy Future (REEF); meets via videoconference with Mr Clément Beaune, Minister for Transports of France; receives Mr Laszlo Palkovics, Minister for Technology and Industry of Hungary; meets via videoconference, together with EVP Dombrovskis, the US co-chairs of the Trade and Technology Council (‘TTC'): Mr Antony Blinken (US Secretary of State), Ms Gina Raimondo (US Secretary of Commerce) and Ms Katherine Tai (US Trade Representative).
Mr Valdis Dombrovskis receives Mr Rimantas Sadzius, Member of the European Court of Auditors; participates in a videoconference with Ambassador Katherine Tai, Trade Representative of the United States, and Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce of the United States.
Mr Josep Borrell in Uruguay: meets with Mr Luis Lacalle Pou, President of Uruguay; meets with Mr Francisco Bustillo, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Uruguay; meets with Ms Beatriz Argimón, Vice-President of Uruguay and President of the General Assembly; delivers a keynote speech at the European Investment Forum in Uruguay.
Ms Dubravka Šuica in Zagreb, Croatia: participates in the conference ‘European Rural Women', organised by the Croatian Association for Tourism and Rural Development.
Mr Margaritis Schinas receives Mrs Anna Aghadjanian, Armenian Ambassador to the EU.
Mr Johannes Hahn in Salzburg, Austria: delivers a keynote speech at the 18. Salzburg Europe Summit.
Ms Mariya Gabriel in Wroclaw, Poland: on official visit.
Mr Nicolas Schmit à Paris, France: participe à une table ronde organisée par le Fondation Jean Jaurès sur le travail via les plateformes numériques; rencontre Mme Mélissa Youssouf, vice-présidente du Conseil départemental chargée de l'insertion, de l'économie sociale et solidaire et des fonds européens de Saint Denis ; rencontre des chauffeurs de première Société Coopérative d'Intérêt Collectif - SCIC – et des chauffeurs de VTC ; participe au débat du club des entreprises du Labo de l'Économie sociale et solidaire (ESS).
Mr Janusz Wojciechowski receives Mr Syed Naveed Qamar, Minister for Commerce of Pakistan.
Mr Thierry Breton receives Ms Emilija Stojmenova Duh, Minister for Digital Transformation of Slovenia; reçoit le général d'armée Thierry BURKHARD, chef d'état-major des armées françaises.
Ms Stella Kyriakides in Tallinn, Estonia: meets with Mr Peep Peterson, Minister of Health and Labour of Estonia; visits the North Estonia Medical Centre.
Mr Didier Reynders receives Mr. Antoine de Saint-Affrique, CEO of Danone; participates in a conference organised by the European Publishers Council.
Ms Helena Dalli delivers a keynote speech at the 2022 EIGE Gender Equality Forum; delivers a keynote speech at the Lunchtime Discussion on Cyberviolence event organized by the Commission on the occasion of the European Parliament Gender Equality week; delivers a keynote speech via videoconference at the Women Leadership in Football event.
Ms Ylva Johansson in Prague, Czechia: participates in the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the Prague Process.
Mr Janez Lenarčič speaks via videoconference for the opening session at the ‘International Dialogue on Migration (IDM) 2022'; receives Dr Ms Emilija Stojmenova Duh, Minister for digital transformation of Slovenia; receives the members of the Bureau of Nowa Lewica party, Poland.
Ms Jutta Urpilainen visits Tanzania and Malawi (until 28/10).
Ms Kadri Simson: delivers a speech via videoconference at the opening of the Hydrogen Europe Flagship Event and Expo of the European Hydrogen Week; address the opening session of the Just Transition Platform Conference with Commissioner Ferreira; receives Mr August Wöginger, Parliamentary Party Leader of the ÖVP/EPP of Austrian National Council.
Ms Mairead McGuinness receives the members of the Expert Group on Open Finance; addresses the meeting of the World Economic Forum Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics coalition.
Mardi 25 octobre 2022
President Ursula von der Leyen co-hosts the International Expert Conference on the Recovery, Reconstruction and Modernisation of Ukraine, together with Mr Olaf Scholz, Federal Chancellor of Germany.
Ms Margrethe Vestager meets via videoconference with Mr Siegfried Russwurm and Dr Joachim Lang, respectively President and Director General of the Federation of German Industries (BDI); delivers a keynote speech at the Autumn Festival organised by the parliamentary group of the Europa-Union in the European Parliament; delivers a keynote speech at the opening session of the Competition Law Tuesdays of the Free University of Brussels.
Mr Valdis Dombrovskis participates in the EU-Japan High Level Economic Dialogue (HED); receives Mr Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; holds a videoconference with Mr Siegfried Russwurm, President of Federation of German Industries (BDI).
Mr Josep Borrell in Buenos Aires, Argentina: meets with Mr Alberto Ángel Fernández, President of Argentina; meets with Mr Santiago Cafiero, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Argentina.
Ms Vĕra Jourová speaks at POLITICO's Spotlight event “Plugging holes in the internet: government and industry responses to spyware”; receives Mr Kent Walker, President of Global Affairs of Google; speaks at EU DisinfoLab Annual Conference; receives Ms Karoline Edtstadler, Minister for Constitution and the EU of Austria.
Ms Dubravka Šuica delivers a speech in the fireside chat ‘The State of Democracy and Institution Building in SouthEast Europe' at the ‘EastMed & SouthEast Europe Conference', organised by Delphi Economic Forum; participates in the German Bundestags Working Group of the CDU-CSU ‘Europa' to discuss the follow-up of the Conference on the Future of Europe; meets with Ms Aagje Leven, Secretary General of Missing Children Europe; delivers a keynote speech at the College of Europe for the launching event of the think tank Brugge Students' Institute on the Future of Europe (in Bruge).
Mr Margaritis Schinas delivers opening remarks at the East Med & Southeast Europe conference; receives the interparliamentary assembly on orthodoxy; receives Mr Pantelis Boumbouras, Chairman of the Boumbouras Foundation.
Mr Johannes Hahn receives Ms Eva De Bleeker, State Secretary of the Budget of Belgium.
Ms Mariya Gabriel delivers a keynote speech, via pre-recorded video message, at the Council of Europe 17th Conference of Ministers Responsible for Sport; delivers an opening speech at the 2nd Edition of the ‘Innovation Teaching Award', in Brussels; participates in the event ‘Mentoring in Europe: Creating empowering relationships for an inclusive society', in Brussels.
Mr Nicolas Schmit receives Mr Ignacio Alvarez, Spanish Secretary of State for Social Rights.
Mr Paolo Gentiloni receives Mr Antonio Patuelli, Chairman of ABI, Italian Banking Association; receives Mr Carlo Bonomi, President of Confindustria.
Mr Janusz Wojciechowski participates in the ‘Food Crisis Conference', organised by the European Parliament; participates in 10th Annual European Biogas Conference, organised by the European Biogas Association and the Polish Biomethane Organisation.
Ms Elisa Ferreira receives Minister of Science and Technology and Higher Education Ms Elvira Fortunato.
Ms Stella Kyriakides in Tallinn, Estonia: meets with Ms Kaja Kallas, Prime Minister of Estonia; meets with Mr Urmas Kruuse, Minister of Rural Affairs of Estonia; holds a joint press point with Mr Peep Peterson, Minister of Health and Labour of Estonia.
Mr. Didier Reynders participates in a debate organised by the Spanish Chamber of Commerce; receives Mr. Kent Walker, President of Google.
Ms Helena Dalli in Prague, Czechia: delivers a keynote speech at the 15th Roma Platform for Action; delivers a keynote speech at an Art Exhibition in European Parliament entitled AFTERMATH.
Mr Janez Lenarčič receives Mr Faruk Kaymakci, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister of Turkey; receives Mr Syed Naveed Qamar, Minister for Commerce of Pakistan and Dr. Mr Asad Majeed Khan, Ambassador of Pakistan.
Ms Adina-Ioana Vălean meets the EU working group of CDU/CSU in the German Bundestag; holds a videoconference with Mr. Hristo Aleksiev, Minister for Transport of Bulgaria; delivers a keynote address in the Hydrogen European Week, Session 6: ‘Transforming the mobility sector with hydrogen'.
Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius: meets a delegation of students from Lithuania and winners of the environmental project ‘Green Odyssey'; delivers a speech via videoconference at the Sustainability Transformation Conference, organised by the German Environment Agency together with the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection; meets the Humane Society International; delivers a speech at the 1st East Med & SouthEast Europe conference; meets with Mondelez International Chairman and CEO Dirk Van de Put; participates at the Conference on EU leadership at the UCLouvain BMI International Executive MBA.
Ms Mairead McGuinness participates in the second EU-Japan High Level Economic Dialogue; speaks at the event ‘My World, My Knowledge, My Future: A Female Approach To Financial Education' organised by World Savings and Retail Banking Institute - European Savings and Retail Banking Group (WSBI – ESBG); meets with Ms Karolin Schriever, Executive Member of the Board of Deutscher Sparkassen-und Giroverband (DSGV); speaks at the High Level event on sustainable finance ‘Long-term sustainability strategies to drive Europe's growth: the role of the sustainability-linked finance' organised by Enel; participates in the Youth dialogue on the future of finance; receives Mr Orhan Turan, President, and Mr Can Yücaoğlu, Board Member of the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD); delivers opening remarks at an event organised by Commerzbank AG and meets with Dr Manfred Knot, Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors, Commerzbank AG; delivers a pre-recorded opening speech at Bold Future conference.
Mercredi 26 octobre 2022
College Meeting
President Ursula von der Leyen receives Mr Nicolae Ciucă, Prime Minister of Romania; receives Mr Martin Schulz, Chair of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and former President of the European Parliament; receives Mr Reiner Haseloff, Minister-President of the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt; travels on official visit in Skopje.
Mr Frans Timmermans visits the Emergency Response Coordination Centre together with Mr Janez Lenarčič.
Mr Valdis Dombrovskis receives Ms Kristalina Georgieva, International Monetary Fund Managing Director; participates in the ECB Governing Council via videoconference.
Mr Josep Borrell in Buenos Aires, Argentina: participates in the 39th session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and holds bilateral meetings with regional counterparts in the margins.
Ms Vĕra Jourová speaks via video conference at the 15th European Platform for Roma Inclusion conference; participates in a debate organized by the European Internet Forum; attends "NAVALNY" Film Screening and Discussion on Democracy & Press Freedom.
Ms Dubravka Šuica receives Ms Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Governor of Lower Austria; delivers a keynote speech for the opening of a conference on Public Health and Future of Healthcare organised by Mr Karlo Ressler, MEP at the European Parliament; attends the Youth of the EPP Group 25th Anniversary celebration.
Mr Margaritis Schinas receives Mrs. Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Governor of Lower Austria; receives Mr George Xirogiannis, Director General of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises; receives Mr Juho Romakkaniemi, CEO of Finland Chamber of Commerce.
Mr Johannes Hahn receives Mr Fatmir Besimi, Minister of Finance of the Republic of North Macedonia.
Ms Mariya Gabriel delivers an opening speech, via videoconference, at the ‘Women & Girls in STEM Forum 2022'; attends the Friends of Europe Gala dinner, with as main subject: ‘Making sense of transitions in an age of crisis', in Brussels.
Mr Nicolas Schmit gives a keynote speech at the launch of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Centres of Excellence on Climate and Social Justice and on Future of Work.
Mr Paolo Gentiloni delivers a video message at the EIF-NPI Equity Platform - General Forum Annual Meeting; receives Mr Fatmir Besimi, Minister of Finance of the Republic of North Macedonia; Speaks at the International Event – Conference, Award Ceremony and Gala Dinner organised by Generali – SME EnterPRIZE.
Mr Janusz Wojciechowski in Meslin l'Evêque, Belgium: visits the Animaux en Péril rescue centre, organised by Eurogroup for Animals.
Ms Elisa Ferreira delivers a keynote address at the Interreg Annual Event at the Maison de la Poste in Brussels.
Ms Stella Kyriakides delivers a keynote speech to the European Environmental Bureau high-level event on ‘Perspectives for a sustainable Food Systems Law'.
Mr. Didier Reynders gives a keynote speech at the World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting; participates as guest speaker at the SME EnterPRIZE International Event organised by Generali.
Ms Helena Dalli in Madrid, Spain: co-chairs and delivers three keynote speeches at the Union for Mediterranean High-level Conference on Strengthening the Role of Women in Society; meets with Mr. Nasser Kamel, the Secretary-General of the Union for Mediterranean.
Ms Helena Dalli delivers a keynote speech via videoconference at the LGBT+ Diamonds Awards event.
Ms Ylva Johansson meets with Mr Urmas Reinsalu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia.
Mr Olivér Várhelyi is on mission in Türkiye (until 28/10).
Ms Kadri Simson: delivers a speech at the IAEA's Fifth International Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Power in the 21th Century, via videoconference; takes part in the EU Energy Platform Industry Advisory Board meeting; participates in the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy meeting.
Jeudi 27 octobre 2022
President Ursula von der Leyen on official visit in Pristina, Kosovo, and in Tirana, Albania.
Ms Margrethe Vestager hosts the conference ‘Making Markets Work For People'.
Mr Valdis Dombrovskis participates in the ECB Governing Council via videoconference.
Mr Josep Borrell in Buenos Aires, Argentina: co-chairs the EU-CELAC Ministerial meeting and holds bilateral meetings with regional counterparts in the margins.
Ms Vĕra Jourová attends via video conference the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs (COSAC) meeting; receives Mr Peter Limbourg, Director General of Deutsche Welle; speaks via video conference Belgrade Security Conference; receives Ms Susanne Raab, Minister for Women, Equality, Media, Integration and Family of Austria.
Ms Dubravka Šuica delivers a pre-recorded speech for the conference ‘Community-led Local Development and Smart Villages as Innovative Tools for Effective Development of Rural', organised by the European Committee of the Regions and the European Parliament; delivers pre-recorded remarks for the Safer Internet Forum, organised by the Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology of the European Commission (DG CNECT) .
Ms Dubravka Šuica in Zagreb, Croatia: visits the Regional Development Agency of the Dubrovnik-Neretva County (DUNEA).
Mr Johannes Hahn receives Ms Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund.
Ms Mariya Gabriel participates in the Friends of Europe ‘State of Europe' high-level roundtable, in Brussels; participates, via videoconference, in the Digital Trust Forum (DTF) executive roundtable under the Charter of Trust (CoT).
Mr Nicolas Schmit receives Ms Yuliia Svyrydenko, Ukraine's First Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economy; receives Mr Marcel Spatari, the Republic of Moldova's Minister of Labour and Social Protection; participates in a seminar organised by Finnish trade unions SAK and STTK on minimum wages and collective agreements; receives representatives from Spanish trade unions CCOO, UGT and CEOE; participates at a conference organised by Friends of Europe State of Europe 2022 on ‘A new social contract for a new era'.
Mr Paolo Gentiloni participates via videoconference to the event ‘La legge sul Paesaggio di Benedetto Croce a cento anni dalla sua approvazione' organised by Fondazione Biblioteca Benedetto Croce; receives Ms Nadia Calviño, Spanish Vice-president and Minister for Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation; receives Ms Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF); receives Ms Yulia Svyrydenko, First Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine.
Mr Janusz Wojciechowski speaks via videoconference at inauguration of the 10th conference ‘Narodowe Wyzwania w Rolnictwie 2022'; receives Mr Emiliano García-Page Sánchez, president of the Assembly of European Wine Regions; participates via videoconference in a seminar on Smart Villages, organised by the European Committee of the Regions; receives Mrs Yulia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Economy, Ukraine.
Ms Elisa Ferreira receives Mr Salvador Ila Roca Member of Parliament of Catalunya; participate in the State of Europe high-level roundtable event organised by Friends of Europe in Brussels.
Ms Ylva Johansson gives a virtual keynote address at the 25th International Border Police Conference (IBPC) ‘Contingency planning for emergencies at the borders' hosted by Frontex.
Ms Adina-Ioana Vălean: meet the Prime-Minister of Romania, Mr. Nicolae Ciucă.
Ms Kadri Simson: delivers a speech via videoconference at the Conference of the Association of Energy Engineers Europe.
Ms Kadri Simson in Oslo, Norway: holds a meeting, with Jonas Gahr Støre, Prime Minister of Norway; opens the EU's Annual Carbon, Capture, Utilisation and Storage Forum; holds the EU-Norway High-Level Energy Dialogue, together with Terje Aasland, the Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy.
Ms Kadri Simson in Norway: visits Statkraft Vinje power plant in Fornebu; visits CCS project in Brevik; visits Equinor in Bærum.
Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius: delivers a speech at the Inaugural European Tech for Climate Action conference.
Ms Mairead McGuinness in Dublin, Ireland: speaks at the conference ‘EU50: Ireland and the Single Market' organised by the Irish Government, as part of the events to celebrate Ireland's 50 years of EU membership; meets with Mr Jean-Luc Di-Paola-Galloni, Corporate Vice-President of the Valeo Group; delivers a pre-recorded speech at the Danish Auditors' Annual Meeting 2022: ‘Accounting for sustainability?'; delivers a pre-recorded keynote speech at the launch event of the Sustainable Finance Research Forum.
Vendredi 28 octobre 2022
President Ursula von der Leyen on official visit in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and in Belgrade, Serbia.
Mr Valdis Dombrovskis meets Mr Alfredo E. Pascual, Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry of Philippines; holds a videoconference with Mr Garry Kasparov, former World Chess Champion.
Mr Josep Borrell in Bariloche, Argentina.
Ms Dubravka Šuica delivers a pre-recorded speech conference ‘Youth as Drivers of Modern Tourism', organised by the City of Novalja and the Tourist Community of the City of Novalja (Croatia); participate via videoconference to the meeting ‘Solutions for the ecological transition for Croatia – reducing pesticide use by increasing IPM uptake', organised by Pesticide Action Network Europe and Ms Biljana Borzan, MEP at the European Parliament.
Mr Margaritis Schinas in Thessaloniki, Greece: participates in the 28th of October military parade at the occasion of the Greek OXI Day.
Mr Nicolas Schmit receives representatives from Swedish trade union confederations LO, TCO and Saco.
Mr Paolo Gentiloni delivers a video message at the DGINS conference 2022 (Directeurs Généraux des Instituts Nationaux Statistiques); receives Mr Giampiero Massolo, Chairman of Atlantia ; delivers a speech at the EU Sustainable Investment Summit – Session 2 ‘Clean, secure and affordable energy for the future'.
Mr Janusz Wojciechowski in Brzeziny, Poland: participates in Jubilee of the 25th anniversary of the Chamber of Agriculture of the Lodzkie Voivodship.
Ms Elisa Ferreira in Porto, Portugal: delivers a keynote address at the Permanent Seminar on Energy Transition and Industrial Competitiveness (SPERTUS) organised at the Porto University.
Ms Helena Dalli delivers a keynote speech via videoconference at the Youth and Green Transitions event organized by Jobsplus Malta.
Ms Ylva Johansson in Lisbon, Portugal: Mr José Luís Carneiro, Minister of Home Affairs of Portugal.
Ms Kadri Simson delivers a speech via videoconference at the Green Capitals Awards Ceremony in Grenoble.
Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius in Riga, Latvia: delivers an opening speech at the 41 Session of the Baltic Assembly; meets with the NGOs to receive the declaration on the Baltic harbor porpoise; receives the 2022 Baltic Assembly Prize; gives a presentation of the ECWP via videoconference to the Lithuanian Parliament.
Samedi 29 octobre 2022
President Ursula von der Leyen on official visit in Podgorica, Montenegro.
Dimanche 30 octobre 2022
Mr Valdis Dombrovskis in Prague, Czech Republic: meets Ambassador Katherine Tai, United States Trade Representative.
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