Calendrier du lundi 20 mars au dimanche 26 mars 2023

 Lundi 20 mars 2023

President Ursula von der Leyen, together with Mr Ulf Kristersson, Prime Minister of Sweden, co-hosts the International Donors' Conference ‘Together for the people in Türkiye and Syria'.

Mr Frans Timmermans in Copenhagen, Denmark (until 21/3): participates in the Copenhagen Climate Ministerial.

Ms Margrethe Vestager in Copenhagen, Denmark: delivers a keynote speech at the event ‘The Danish Recovery and Resilience Plan', organised by Dansk Industri; delivers a keynote speech at the event ‘State Aid and Tax', organised by the University of Copenhagen; delivers a keynote speech at the talk ‘Management in an international context', organised by the Copenhagen Business School.

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis receives Ms Odile Renaud-Basso, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD); receives Mr Norbert Totschnig, Federal Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Regions and Water Management of Austria.

Maroš Šefčovič receives Mr Jurgen Rigterink, First Vice-President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; receives Ms Anniken Huitfeldt, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Norway; participates in the event ‘Europe's global role after Ukraine', organised by the Permanent Representation of Spain to the EU.

Ms Dubravka Šuica in New York, United States: meets with Ms Anna Paula Zakarias, Permanent Representative of Portugal to the United Nations; meets with Mr Ivan Simonovic, Permanent Representative of Croatia to the United Nations.

Mr Margaritis Schinas in Thessaloniki, Greece: delivers a keynote speech at the OKE conference; delivers a keynote speech at the conference organised by the Athens Macedonian News Agency.

Ms Mariya Gabriel in San Francisco, USA (until 24/03): on official visit.

M. Nicolas Schmit à Paris, France : participe à un événement organisé par l'OCDE intitulé  « Inclusion, innovation et inspiration : Façonner notre avenir avec l'économie sociale et solidaire » ; rencontre M. Mathias Cormann, secrétaire général de l'OCDE ; rencontre Mme Marlène Schiappa, secrétaire d'État française en charge de l'économie sociale et solidaire et de la vie associative.

Mr Paolo Gentiloni in Milan, Italy: participates in the event: ‘Affari & Finanza' at Bocconi University, organised by La Repubblica; participates in the event: ‘Forum Analysis', organised by Analysis Spa.

M. Janez Lenarčič participe à la cérémonie d'ouverture du Forum humanitaire européen (EHF) ; tient une conférence de presse à l'occasion de l'EHF23 ; participe à la conférence internationale des donateurs « Ensemble pour les peuples de Turquie et de Syrie » ; reçoit Mme Anniken Huitfeldt, ministre des Affaires étrangères de Norvège ; reçoit S.E. Mme Minata Samate Cessouma, ambassadrice du Commissaire à la santé, aux affaires humanitaires et au développement social de l'Union africaine.

Mme Adina Vălean s'entretient par visioconférence avec M. Benjamin Smith, PDG d'Air France-KLM.

Mr Olivér Várhelyi receives Ms Borjana Krišto, the Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina; receives Ms Odile Renaud-Basso, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; receives Mr Ivica Dačić, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia; participates in the Schuman Security and Defence Forum.

Ms Jutta Urpilainen receives Mr Fuad Hussein, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq; receives Ms Anna Bjerde, World Bank Regional Vice-President for Europe and Central Asia; receives Ms Catherine Russell, Executive Director of UNICEF; receives Ms Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); receives Mr Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; holds a video conference call with Mr Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Ms Kadri Simson receives Ms Odile Renaud-Basso, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD); participates in the exchange of views organised by the European Energy Forum (EEF), on reform of the electricity market design, in Brussels, Belgium.

M. Virginijus Sinkevičius reçoit Mme Hilde Crevits, vice-ministre-présidente du gouvernement flamand et ministre flamande de l'Économie, de l'Innovation, du Travail, de l'Économie sociale et de l'Agriculture.

 Ms Ylva Johansson meets with Ms Julieta Valls Noyes, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; meets with Mr Ashton Kutcher, Co-Founder, Thorn; meets with Mr Gabrielius Landsbergis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania; meets with Ms Agnès Diallo, Executive Director of eu-LISA; hosts the Taskforce Libya Trilateral meeting, together with Mr Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr António Vitorino, Director General of the International Organization for Migration and Ms Cessouma Minata Samate, Commissioner for Political Affairs of the African Union.

 

Mardi 21 mars 2023

President Ursula von der Leyen receives Ms Borjana Krišto, Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Mr Frans Timmermans in Copenhagen, Denmark: participates in the Copenhagen Climate Ministerial.

Mr Frans Timmermans receives members of the Polish Parliament; meets with the board of the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA),  in Brussels, Belgium; and meets with Mr Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General.

Ms Margrethe Vestager delivers a keynote speech at the 20th anniversary celebration of the European Digital Rights network (EDRi), in Brussels.

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis meets via videoconference with Mr Geraldo Alckmin, Vice-President and Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade of Brazil; receives Mr Axel Eggert, Director General of the European Steel Association (EUROFER).

Ms Vĕra Jourová meets with Members of Polish Parliament.

Ms Dubravka Šuica  in New York, United States: meets with Mr António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; meets with Mr Olof Skoog, Head of the EU Delegation to the United Nations; participates in the China-Europe Water Platform High-Level Dialogue Conference; participates in a reception hosted by King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and Mr Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan.

M. Margaritis Schinas reçoit M. Michael Miebach, PDG de Mastercard ; reçoit des étudiants de l'école nationale grecque d'administration publique ; reçoit M. Abbas Halabi, ministre de l'éducation et de l'enseignement supérieur du Liban.

Ms Mariya Gabriel in San Francisco, USA (until 24/03): on official visit.

Mr Nicolas Schmit receives Ms Marina Elvira Calderone, Minister for Labour and Social Policy of Italy; attends a dinner organised by the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and BusinessEurope, in Brussels.

Mr Paolo Gentiloni receives Ms Marina Elvira Calderone, Minister of Labour and Social Policies of Italy; receives Mr Michael Miebach, CEO of Mastercard; receives Mr Matthew Brown, Apple Operations Lead.

Mr Janusz Wojciechowski delivers a speech at ‘Energy effective solutions for the EU', conference organised by Business & Science Poland, Brussels.

M. Thierry Breton reçoit M. Luca De Meo, PDG de l'Association des constructeurs européens d'automobiles (ACEA) et PDG du groupe Renault, et M. Martin Lundstedt, PDG du groupe Volvo

Ms Elisa Ferreira receives Mr Georgios Gerapetritis, Minister of Infrastructure and Transport of Greece; receives Mr Constantinos Kombos, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus; receives a high-level group of Polish Parliamentarians members of the Committee for EU Affairs.

Ms Stella Kyriakides delivers a speech to the event ‘A comprehensive approach to mental health in Europe: plan, act, change' co-organised by the Coalition for Mental Health and Wellbeing and the MEP Alliance for Mental Health; receives Mr Konstantinos Kombos, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus.

Mme Helena Dalli prononce un discours lors de l'ouverture officielle de la semaine contre le racisme et pour la diversité et sur la lutte contre la misogynie en ligne à l'encontre des femmes actives en politique au Parlement européen ; elle rencontre M. Vandormael, PDG de Mastercard.

Mr Janez Lenarčič meets H.R.H. Queen Mathilde of the Belgians; meets Mr Jan Egeland,  Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council; meets Mr Philippe Lazzarini , Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA); meets Ms Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); participates in the Closing session of the European Humanitarian Forum (EHF)

Ms Adina Vălean receives Mr Georgios Gerapetritis, Minister for Transport of Greece.

Mr Olivér Várhelyi receives Mr Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary; receives Mr Ilia Darchiashvili, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia; receives Ms Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross; receives Dr Abbas Salim al-Halabi, Minister of Education of Lebanon; receives a group of Polish Members of Parliament; receives Ms Olha Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine; receives Mr Constantinos Kombos, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus; receives Ms Sara Pantuliano, Chief Executive of ODI Europe; receives Sir Suma Chakrabarti, Chair of ODI Europe; delivers a keynote speech at the Conference ‘New EU accession perspectives for the Western Balkans in a changed geopolitical environment' of the Hanns-Seidel Foundation.

Mme Jutta Urpilainen participe à la Journée de l'égalité de CONCORD ; rencontre Achim Steiner, administrateur du Programme des Nations unies pour le développement (PNUD) ; intervient au Forum Schuman sur la sécurité et la défense ; reçoit Mme Charlotte Slente, secrétaire générale du Conseil danois pour les réfugiés ; assiste virtuellement au 11e Forum fiscal africain ; intervient au Forum pharmaceutique de haut niveau UE-ALC.

Ms Kadri Simson receives Mr Péter Szijjártó, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary;  receives Members of the National Polish Parliament from the Committee for EU Affairs; receives Mr Ilia Darchiashvili, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Georgia; and holds a meeting with offshore foundation manufacturers and vessel operators, in Brussels, Belgium.

Ms Mairead McGuinness receives Ms Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross; meets with the board of Financial Service Ireland (FSI), IBEC's financial services trade association; speaks at the event: ‘The EU's Open Finance Framework – A Gamechanger?' hosted by Frances Fitzgerald, Member of the European Parliament; speaks at the launch of the PwC CEO Report; attends in Brussels the event on the occasion of Saint Patrick's Day, organised by IBEC and hosted by Sean Kelly, Member of the European Parliament.

Ms Ylva Johansson meets with Mr Ilia Darchiashvili, Minister of Foreign Affairs Georgia; meets with Ms Aïssata Tall Sall, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Senegal.

 

Mercredi 22 mars 2023

College Meeting

President Ursula von der Leyen participates in the Tripartite Social Summit; receives Mr Nikos Christodoulides, President of Cyprus.

Mr Frans Timmermans receives Mr Achim Steiner, United Nations Development Programme Administrator; delivers a keynote speech at the European Environment Network conference 2023: Delivering the European Green Deal in Disrupting Times, in Brussels, Belgium.

Mme Margrethe Vestager reçoit M. Achim Steiner, administrateur du Programme des Nations unies pour le développement ; rencontre les PDG de l'Alliance européenne des technologies.

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis participates in the Tripartite Social Summit.

Mr Maroš Šefčovič holds a videoconference call on the EU Energy Platform with national promotional banks.

Ms Vĕra Jourová receives Mr Rastislav Káčer, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia; receives Czech teachers and directors of primary, secondary and high schools; speaks via video conference at Obama Leaders Europe program conference.

Ms Dubravka Šuica in New York, United States: participates in the opening ceremony, first plenary and dialogue ‘Water for Sustainable Development' of the United Nations Water Conference 2023; participates in the side event ‘Water, Peace and Security in Africa'; meets with Ms Yayathma Wickramanayake, United Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth.

Mr Margaritis Schinas participates via videoconference in the ‘España, frontera de Europa' conference organised by the Fundación Cajasol

Mr Margaritis Schinas in Bruges, Belgium: participates in the Hellenic Society Event of the College of Europe.

Mme Mariya Gabriel à San Francisco, USA (jusqu'au 24/03) : en visite officielle.

Mr Nicolas Schmit participates in the Tripartite Social Summit.

Mr Paolo Gentiloni receives Mr Christian Sewing, President of the European Banking Federation (EBF).

Mr Janez Lenarčič meets ECHO Implementing Humanitarian partners; participates in the Opening session: ‘Celebrating 10th anniversary of the EU Peace Nobel Prize of the High-level conference on Education in Emergencies'.

Ms Adina Vălean receives the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) Board members.

Mr Olivér Várhelyi receives Mr Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA); receives Mr Achim Steiner, Administrator of the United Nations Development Program.

Ms Jutta Urpilainen receives Mr Lotay Tshering, Prime Minister of Bhutan; hosts CSO roundtable on Afghanistan.

Mme Kadri Simson participe à un débat plénier sur le thème "Au-delà des crises : quelle voie pour la politique énergétique de l'UE ?", au Comité économique et social européen à Bruxelles, Belgique.

Ms Mairead McGuinness receives Mr Christian Sewing, President of the European Banking Federation (EBF).

Ms Ylva Johansson meets with Fredrik Persson, President of BusinessEurope.

Jeudi 23 mars 2023

President Ursula von der Leyen participates in the EPP Summit.

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis participates in the 2023 annual event of the recovery and resilience plan of Belgium; meets via videoconference the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt, Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom and Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Ms Vĕra Jourová participates in the European Economic and Social Committee Plenary debate on 'United for democracy: employers', workers' and civil society's organisations working for a sustainable democratic future'; speaks at the meeting of the Women Diplomats Network in the EU.

Ms Dubravka Šuica participates in the EPP Summit.

Mr Margaritis Schinas delivers a keynote speech at the opening of the 10^th annual European Cybersecurity Conference.

Mr Margaritis Schinas receives Mr Eric Ciotti, President of Les Républicains.

Mr Margaritis Schinas participates via videoconference in the panel discussion ‘Charting a path forward: Balancing challenges and opportunities for US and EU metal industries' hosted by Eurometaux.

Ms Mariya Gabriel in San Francisco, USA (until 24/03): on official visit.

Ms Mariya Gabriel delivers a keynote speech, via pre-recorded video message, at the ‘Conference on Education' in Stockholm.

Mr Nicolas Schmit receives Mr Markus Wieser and Ms Bettina Heise, President and Director of the Austrian Chamber of Labour in Lower Austria; attends an event to celebrate 175 years of Luxemburger Wort.

M. Paolo Gentiloni participe par vidéoconférence au "POLITICO Live Finance Summit'; reçoit M. Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, président du Parti populaire (PE/PPE) d'Espagne ; délivre un message vidéo lors de l'événement annuel sur le plan de relance et de résilience de l'Autriche.

Mr Thierry Breton receives Mr Alberto Núñez Feijóo, President of the ‘Partido Popular' of Spain.

Mme Elisa Ferreira visite le Collège d'Europe à Bruges et rencontre Mme Federica Mogherini, suivie d'un échange avec les étudiants sur la cohésion et le modèle social européen.

Ms Stella Kyriakides receives representatives of Eurogroup for Animals to discuss EU animal welfare rules.

Ms Helena Dalli addresses a keynote speech at the Summit of Barents Euro-Arctic Indigenous Sámi People, in the European Parliament; holds an online conference with SEDRA, the Spanish Planned Parenthood Federation.

Mr Janez Lenarčič receives Mr Filip Adzic, Minister of the Interior of Montenegro.

Ms Adina Vălean delivers the keynote speech at the Inland Navigation Week – Platina3 Final Event, in Brussels, Belgium.

Mr Olivér Várhelyi receives Ms Jorida Tabaku, the Chair of European Integration Committee of the Albanian Parliament.

Ms Jutta Urpilainen visits Helsinki, Finland; holds meetings and speaks in an event organised by Finance Finland.

Ms Kadri Simson delivers a speech, via videoconference, at the opening of Rahatarkuse konverents ‘Kas mina juhin raha või juhib raha mind?'; receives Mr Till Mansmann, Innovation Commissioner for Green Hydrogen at the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

M. Virginijus Sinkevičius reçoit M. Francesc Rubiralta Rubio, président du conseil d'administration de l'Association européenne de l'acier (EUROFER).

Mme Mairead McGuinness à Paris : rencontre M. Bruno Le Maire, ministre français de l'Économie et des Finances, et de la Souveraineté industrielle et numérique ; rencontre le personnel de l'Autorité européenne des marchés financiers (AEMF) et tient une réunion bilatérale avec sa présidente, Mme Verena Ross ; rencontre le personnel de l'Autorité bancaire européenne (ABE) ; participe au « Live Finance Summit » de POLITICO.

Ms Ylva Johansson meets with Mr Filip Adžić, Minister of the Interior of Montenegro.

Vendredi 24 mars 2023

Mr Frans Timmermans in Ghent, Belgium: receives honorary doctorate from Ghent University and holds inauguration speech at the university's Dies Natalis.

Mme Margrethe Vestager à Lyon, France : reçoit la distinction de Docteur Honoris Causa à l'Université Lyon 3 - Jean Moulin.

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis in Riga, Latvia: participates in a meeting with Ambassadors of the European Union.

Ms Vĕra Jourová receives Mr Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies at Oxford University.

Ms Dubravka Šuica in Dubrovnik, Croatia: participates in the General Assembly of the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME), organised by the Croatian Medical Chamber.

Ms Mariya Gabriel in San Francisco, USA: on official visit.

Mr Nicolas Schmit delivers an online lecture at Leiden University on ‘Social Europe in the context of the green and digital transition'.

Mr Paolo Gentiloni delivers a video message at the event: ‘Conferenza Nazionale delle Camere di Commercio', organised by Unioncamere.

Mr Janusz Wojciechowski in Warsaw, Poland: meets with Ms Magdalena Rzeczkowska, Minister of Finance of Poland.

Ms Jutta Urpilainen speaks at the Summit of Barents Euro-Arctic Indigenous Sámi People.

Ms Mairead McGuinness in Clayton, Ireland: delivers an opening speech at the ‘Annual Dinner' of the Insurance Institute of Dublin.

 

 

 

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