Calendrier du lundi 6 mars au dimanche 12 mars 2023
(Susceptible de modifications en cours de semaine)
Déplacements et visites
Lundi 6 mars 2023
Mr Frans Timmermans and Ms Kadri Simson in Saudi Arabia: meet with government representatives for climate and energy discussions and prepare for the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP28); accompanied by Mr Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud, Minister for Energy, visit the Jubail United Petrochemical Company, the SABIC Agri-Nutrients Company, the Aramco Research Centre and EXPEC Advanced Research Center and the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra); visit the Wildlife Sanctuary in Shaybah.
Ms Margrethe Vestager participates as a keynote speaker in the event ‘Foreign Subsidies: towards enforcement of the EU regulation' organised by Concurrences.
Ms Vĕra Jourová in New York, United States: attends the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women; meets with Mr António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; participates at the event on Digital dimension of gender-based violence; meets with Ms Kim Hyunsook, Minister of Gender Equality and Family of the Republic of Korea, Mr Amandeep Singh Gill, UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology, Mr Miguel de Serpa Soares, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and UN Legal Counsel; visits the New York University's Center for Social Media and Politics; attends the meeting of the EU with representatives of Civil society.
Mr Margaritis Schinas receives members of the standing committee on European Affairs of the Dutch Senate; receives, together with Ms Stella Kyriakides, representatives from the European Patients Forum and of the Public Health Alliance; receives Mrs Annelies Verlinden, Minister of Interior of Belgium.
M. Johannes Hahn reçoit M. Martin Eichtinger, membre du gouvernement régional de Basse-Autriche.
Mr Nicolas Schmit meets with Mr Michael Kretschmer, Prime Minister of Saxony (Germany), and members of the Saxon regional government; receives Mr Yves Leterme, Chair of the European Platform on combatting homelessness.
Mr Janusz Wojciechowski participates in ‘More Farms across Europe: a road map for the re-territorialisation of European Food Systems', conference organised by the European Coordination Via Campesina and hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee; receives Ms Astrid Eisenkopf, Minister for Agriculture and Deputy Prime Minister of Burgenland of Austria.
M. Thierry Breton reçoit Mme Eva Berneke, PDG d'Eutelsat ; reçoit M. Francesco Rubiralta, président d'Eurofer et PDG du groupe Celsa ; M. Axel Eggert, directeur général d'Eurofer ; M. Henrik Adam, vice-président de Tata Steel Limited ; et M. Mario-Carlo Caldonazzo, PDG d'Arvedi ; rencontre les directeurs du Green 10, à Bruxelles.
Ms Stella Kyriakides meets with representatives of the European Patients Forum (EPF) and the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) to discuss the reform of EU pharmaceutical legislation; meets with representatives of Copa-Cogeca to discuss EU animal welfare rules; delivers an opening speech via pre-recorded video message for the event Swedish Presidency's High-Level Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance.
Ms. Helena Dalli, in Bucharest, Romania: meets with Mr Iulian Paraschiv, President of the National Roma Agency; delivers a keynote speech at the gala opening ‘Women in Economy- Day by Day Heroes'.
Mr Janez Lenarčič holds a videoconference with Ms Liesje Schreinemacher, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Netherland.
Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius has a meeting with Eurits representatives.
Mardi 7 mars 2023
Mme la présidente Ursula von der Leyen à Ottawa, au Canada : s'entretient avec le Premier ministre Justin Trudeau ; visite les installations de recyclage des batteries lithium-ion Li-Cycle ; prononce un discours lors d'une séance commune du Parlement.
Mr Frans Timmermans and Ms Margrethe Vestager participate in the EU Solar CEO Forum, organised in the margins of the Solar Power Summit 2023, in Brussels.
Ms Margrethe Vestager delivers a keynote speech at the 6th Industrial Forum Plenary meeting organised by the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry and Entrepreunership (DG GROW).
Mr Maroš Šefčovič receives members of the College of the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA).
Mme Vĕra Jourová à New York, aux États-Unis) : assiste à la 67e session de la Commission de la condition de la femme ; participe à l'événement ‘A gender equal world with technologies, digitalisation and AI - what is our roadmap ?'; rencontre Mme Ilze Brands Kehris, sous-secrétaire générale des Nations unies aux Droits de l'homme ; rencontre Mme Melissa Fleming, Secrétaire générale adjointe à la communication globale des Nations Unies.
Ms Dubravka Šuica receives Ms Željana Zovko, Member of the European Parliament, and Mr Max Primorac, Director at the US-based think tank ‘The Heritage Foundation'; attends the conference titled: ‘Increasing European added value in an age of global challenges', organised by the European Parliament.
Mr Margaritis Schinas participates in the LSE Alumni Association Belgium Event.
Ms Mariya Gabriel receives Mr Michael Murphy, President of the European University Association (EUA); attends a lunch on the topic: ‘Displaced teachers from Ukraine', in Brussels; participates in the EPP Presidency coordination meeting, in Brussels.
Mr Nicolas Schmit delivers an opening speech at the launch of the ‘Save the Children' report on ending child poverty and social exclusion in Europe, in the European Parliament.
Mr Paolo Gentiloni participates in the event titled ´La comunicazione europea alla prova dei sistemi nazionali´, organised by the European Parliament.
Mr Thierry Breton delivers a keynote speech at the 6th Industrial Forum Plenary meeting, in Brussels.
Ms Elisa Ferreira meets a group of students from Flanders in the context of a flagship project of DG REGIO's ‘EU in my school' communication initiative, at Experience Europe.
Ms Stella Kyriakides est reçue en audience par Sa Majesté Mathilde, Reine des Belges ; rencontre M. Daniel Caspary, membre du Parlement européen, pour discuter de la réforme de la législation pharmaceutique de l'UE ; s'entretient par vidéoconférence avec les membres de la plate-forme de conseil scientifique sur COVID-19 ; prononce un discours liminaire via enregistrement vidéo pour le troisième sommet annuel du magazine The Economist sur le « Programme de la Grèce pour lutter contre le cancer ».
Ms Helena Dalli, in Bucharest, Romania: meets with Minister Marcel BOLOȘ, Minister Gabriela FIREA and the Joint Committees on equality, human rights, labour, family and social protection; delivers a keynote speech at the Conference on ‘Empowering Romania's women'.
M. Janez Lenarčič à Madagascar (jusqu'au 09/03) : rencontre le Président Andry Rajoelina, les gouverneurs des régions Vatovavy et Fitovinany et les directeurs du Bureau National de Gestion des Risques et des Catastrophes (BNGRC) ; rencontre les partenaires humanitaires et le Père Pedro Pablo Opeka, fondateur de l'association humanitaire Akamasoa, lors d'une visite des zones récemment touchées par le cyclone.
Mr Olivér Várhelyi meets a group of students in the organisation of Transylvanian Political School and Mathias Corvinus Collegium; receives Ms Leila Benali, Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development of Maroc.
Ms Jutta Urpilainen attends the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) in Doha, Qatar.
Ms Kadri Simson holds an informal discussion on REPower EU with CEOs of the major solar companies at the EU solar CEO Forum, in Brussels, Belgium.
Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius receives Euromines representatives; participates in the EU Solar Forum; and delivers the opening remarks at the Together4Forest event, in Brussels.
Ms Mairead McGuinness receives Mr Erulan Jamaubayev, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan; meets with Ms Christa Schweng , President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC); participates in the launch of the new Platform on Sustainable Finance and meets with Ms Helena Viñes Fiestas, its new Chairperson; delivers an address to the ‘Gender Equality Conference' organised by the European Bank Authority (EBA); participates in the launch of ‘Darkness into Light', organised by the Irish charity organisation Pieta.
Mercredi 8 mars 2023
College Meeting
Mr Frans Timmermans holds a joint meeting, together with Ms Kadri Simson, with Ms Leila Benali, Minister for Energy Transition and Sustainable Development of Morocco, in Brussels; speaks via videoconference with Ms Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados.
Ms Margrethe Vestager meets with Mr Siegfried Russwurm, President of BDI (Federation of German Industries); meets with Mr Antoine Jouteau, CEO of Adevinta.
Mr Valdis Dombrovskis receives Mr Siegfried Russwurm, President of the Federation of German Industries (BDI).
Mr Maroš Šefčovič holds a call via videoconference with international gas suppliers on the EU Energy Platform and the joint purchasing of gas.
Ms Vĕra Jourová receives Ms Christa Schweng, President of the European Social and Economic Committee.
Mr Margaritis Schinas receives students from the Diplomatic Academy of Greece; delivers a keynote speech at the Masters of Digital 2023.
M. Johannes Hahn reçoit des représentants de la Conférence des régions périphériques maritimes (CRPM) et gouverneurs régionaux d'Allemagne, de France, d'Italie, des Pays-Bas et de Grèce ; reçoit M. Tibor Navracsics, ministre hongrois du développement régional et des fonds européens.
Mme Mariya Gabriel participe au 1er Sommet des femmes fondatrices de l'UE, à Bruxelles ; prononce un discours liminaire et participe à la cérémonie de remise des prix « Maîtres du numérique 2023 - Future Licorne », à Bruxelles ; prononce un discours liminaire, via enregistrement vidéo, lors du lancement de la campagne New Women intitulée « Investir dans les femmes ».
Mr Nicolas Schmit receives Mr Carsten Schneider, State Minister in the Chancellery of Germany and Federal Government Commissioner for Reconstruction of Eastern Germany; receives Ms Ana Paula de Jesus Assis, Chair of IBM Europe and General Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa; prononce un discours à l'évènement organisé par Choisir la cause des femmes: ‘The best of Europe for Women Now!', au parlement européen.
Mr Paolo Gentiloni in Slovenia (until 9/03): participates in a conference on ‘EU Economic governance framework reform – finding consensus to ensure sustainability and growth', organised by the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Slovenia and the Representation of the European Commission in Slovenia.
Mr Thierry Breton participates in the ‘EU Industry talk' event on the subject: ‘Europe at a Crossroads – How do we Promote our Competitiveness?', with Mr Siegfried Russwurm, President of the Federation of German Industry (BDI), in Brussels.
Ms Elisa Ferreira participates in the 109th APC Meeting; hosts the 2nd meeting of the high-level group on the future of Cohesion Policy.
Ms Helena Dalli, in Mizir, Romania: visits the Roma settlement.
Mme Ylva Johansson participe à l'événement organisé par POLITICO Live à l'occasion de la Journée internationale des droits des femmes; prononce un discours lors d'une réunion de haut niveau intitulée « Taking Stock of Global Security Trends » organisée par Mme Annelies Verlinden, ministre belge de l'intérieur, des réformes institutionnelles et du renouveau démocratique.
Mr Olivér Várhelyi in Paris.
Ms Jutta Urpilainen visits Stockholm, Sweden (until 09/03).
Ms Kadri Simson delivers a keynote speech and participates in the panel discussion at the Solar Power Summit 2023 ‘Get ready for solar – tackling the energy crisis'.
Ms Mairead McGuinness delivers a keynote address at the European Parliamentary Financial Services Forum (EPFSF)'s policy briefing ‘The Digital Euro – a digital currency for Europe?'
Jeudi 9 mars 2023
Mr Frans Timmermans gives a keynote speech at the Cycling Industries Europe's 2023 Summit, in Brussels; meets with Mr Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, in Brussels.
Ms Vĕra Jourová in Prague, Czechia: attends the inauguration of Mr Petr Pavel, new President of Czechia.
Ms Dubravka Šuica in Helsinki, Finland: meets Mr Daniel Sazonov Deputy Mayor of Helsinki; meets Mr Olli Rehn, Governor of the Bank of Finland; meets Mr Jyrki Katainen, President of SITRA.
Mr Margaritis Schinas co-chairs the EPP Ministers of Interior meeting.
Mr Nicolas Schmit receives Mr Ondrej Lunter, President of the Banska Bystrica Self-Governing Region in Slovakia; receives representatives from Uni Europa and from the Investor Initiative for Responsible Care; participates in the launch of the European Union-OECD Youth Entrepreneurship Policy Academy.
Mr Paolo Gentiloni delivers a video message at the New Techniques and Technologies for Statistics (NTTS) conference 2023, organised by Eurostat.
Mr Thierry Breton receives Mr Sebastian Burduja, Minister for Digitalisation, Space, Innovation and Research of Romania; holds a videoconference call with Mr Bruno Le Maire, Minister for Economy and Finances of France; receives Mr Luigi Pasquali, CEO of Telespazio; receives Mr Jesús Serrano, CEO of GMV.
Ms Stella Kyriakides in Nicosia, Cyprus (until 10/03): delivers an opening speech on the role of women in sport at an Event organised by the Cyprus Olympic Committee.
Ms Helena Dalli, in Rome, Italy: meets with Marina Elvira Calderone, Minister for Labour and Social Policies, with Alessandra Locatelli, Minister for Disabilities and Elena Bonetti, Minister for Equal Opportunities; joins Parliamentary Hearing at the Senate (Joint Senate/Lower House (i)EU Affairs + (ii) Social Affairs, Health, Jobs and Welfare Committees) followed by a Q&A session; holds a meeting with Trade Unions – CGIL, UIL, CISL.
M. Virginijus Sinkevičius prononce un discours lors de la journée BlueInvest 2023 ; prononce un discours liminaire lors d'un événement sur « l'innovation verte en chimie par REACH ».
Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius delivers a speech at the BlueInvest Day 2023; delivers a keynote speech at the Green innovation in chemistry through REACH.
Ms Mairead McGuinness meets via videoconference with members of the Pan European Insurance Forum (PEIF).
Vendredi 10 mars 2023
President Ursula von der Leyen in Washington D.C., United States: meets with President Joe Biden.
Mr Frans Timmermans in Geleen and Maastricht, The Netherlands: visits the Chemelot campus, an open innovation community engaged in international breakthroughs in the field of sustainability, health and digitization campuses, and the Einstein Telescope, both belonging to the Brightland Campuses.
Mr Maroš Šefčovič in Oslo, Norway: meets with Mr Terje Aasland, Minister of Petroleum and Energy; Mr Jan Vestre, State Secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister of Norway; and Mr Anders Opedal, CEO of Equinor.
Ms Dubravka Šuica on official visit to Poland.
Ms Mariya Gabriel delivers a keynote speech, via pre-recorded video message, at the 11th ‘It's About People' Conference.
Mr Nicolas Schmit participates in the event organised by the EESC: ‘Skills and talents as key drivers for personal fulfilment, economic growth and competitiveness'.
M. Janusz Wojciechowski dans la voïvodie de Łódź, en Pologne : rencontre des représentants des agriculteurs locaux.
Mr Thierry Breton holds a videoconference call with Ms Anna Christmann, Coordinator for Aerospace Policy at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action of Germany; receives Mr Miguel Ángel Panduro, CEO of Hispasat; receives Mr Petri Salminen, President of SMEunited.
Ms Stella Kyriakides in Nicosia, Cyprus: meets with Mr Nikos Christodoulides, President of the Republic of Cyprus; meets with Mr Konstantinos Kompos, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus; meets with Ms Popi Kanari, Health Minister of Cyprus; meets with Mr Petros Xenofontos, Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment Minister of Cyprus.
Mme Helena Dalli, à Rome, en Italie : prononcer un discours à l'occasion de l'événement « Obiettivo 5 », organisé par l'Université La Sapienza et le journal Corriere della Sera.
Ms Ylva Johansson receives Mr Fernando Grande-Marlaska, Minister of Interior for Spain; hosts, together with Ms Ana Revenco, Minister of Internal Affairs for Moldova, the 5th meeting of the EU Support Hub for internal Security and Border Management in Moldova; hosts the European Remembrance Day for Victims of Terrorism.
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