Calendrier du lundi 24 au dimanche 30 avril 2023

(Susceptible de modifications en cours de semaine)

Déplacements et visites

 

Lundi 24 avril 2023

President Ursula von der Leyen receives Mr Jonas Gahr Støre, Prime Minister of Norway; participates in the Leaders' Summit on offshore wind in the North Sea, hosted by Mr Alexander De Croo, Prime Minister of Belgium.

Ms Margrethe Vestager meets via videoconference with Mr Claude Turmes, Minister for Energy and Spatial Planning of Luxembourg.

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis participates in the event: ‘Integration, multilateralism and sovereignty: building a Europe fit for new global dynamics', organised by European Central Bank and Bruegel; receives Mr Wang Wentao, Minister of Commerce of China.

Mr Maroš Šefčovič chairs an online meeting of the EU Energy Platform Steering Board.

Ms Dubravka Šuica meets with Ms Judit Varga, Minister of Justice of Hungary.

M. Margaritis Schinas rencontre M. Javier Tebas, président de LaLiga ; prononce un discours d'ouverture lors de la cérémonie de lancement de l'Union des clubs européens (Union of European Clubs – UEC).

Ms Vĕra Jourová speaks via video conference at the presentation of Media Freedom Poll.

Mr Johannes Hahn in Katowice, Poland: delivers a keynote speech at the 15th European Economic Congress; meets Ms Magdalena Rzeczkowska, Finance Minister in Warsaw.

Ms Mariya Gabriel in Sofia, Bulgaria: participates in the Automotive & Battery Forum 2023.

Mr Nicolas Schmit in Tokyo, Japan (until 25 April): visits the SOMPO Future Care Lab a research facility dedicated to testing cutting-edge technologies and digital solutions as a way to reinvent caregiving by blending technology with a human touch; visits the Ohara Memorial Institute of Science and Labour, which is active in applied research activities addressing workplace and working life issues.

M. Paolo Gentiloni rencontre Mme Laurence Boone, secrétaire d'État française chargée de l'Europe.

Mr Thierry Breton receives Mr Kris Peeters, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank (EIB); reçoit Mme Laure de La Raudière, Présidente de l'Arcep, l'autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse; receives Mr Alain Aspect and Mr Anton Zeilinger, Nobel Prize laureates.

Ms Elisa Ferreira meets with Mr Elio Di Rupo, Minister-President of Wallonia of Belgium.

Mme Stella Kyriakides reçoit M. Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, membre de Cour des comptes européenne.

Mr Didier Reynders receives Mr. Pascual Navarro, Spanish Secretary of State for the European Union.

Ms Helena Dalli in Valletta, Malta: gives a keynote speech at the National Conference by Commission on Gender-Based Violence & Domestic Violence; meets with Robert Abela, Prime Minister of Malta; joins the Social Affairs Social Committee.

Ms Helena Dalli makes a keynote speech at the European Diversity Conference for the Fire and Rescue Services.

Mr Olivér Várhelyi meets Mr Ilia Darchiashvili, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.

Mme Jutta Urpilainen reçoit Mme Victoire Tomegah Dogbé, Premier ministre du Togo ; s'entretient, au Luxembourg, avec M. Bakhtiyor Saidov, ministre des affaires étrangères par intérim de l'Ouzbékistan.

Ms Kadri Simson in Ostend, Belgium: attends The North Sea Summit; participates in the opening of the North Sea Conference Roundtables with stakeholders; and meets with the Ministers for Energy of United Kingdom, Norway, Ireland, France, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius receives representatives of Euromines, the representative association of the European metals and minerals mining industry.

Ms Ylva Johansson gives a virtual address at a Seminar hosted by SNS on the EU's work to tackle Organised Crime; meets with Ms Evin Cetin, Swedish Author.

Mardi 25 avril 2023

M. Frans Timmermans reçoit des administrateurs de Green10, une coalition de dix des plus grandes organisations et réseaux environnementaux actifs au niveau de l'UE.

Ms Margrethe Vestager receives Mr Niels B. Christiansen, CEO of LEGO Group; meets with representatives from Dansk Metal, in Brussels.

M. Valdis Dombrovskis reçoit M. Jyrki Katainen, Président du fonds finlandais pour l'innovation Sitra ; reçoit M. Jan Jambon, ministre-président du gouvernement flamand

Mr Maroš Šefčovič delivers a keynote speech via videoconference to the European Economic Congress in Katowice; meets via videoconference with the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs of the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament);

Ms Dubravka Šuica delivers a speech for the workshop ‘Europe in an increasingly challenging world', organised by University College Maastricht (UCM); receives Mr Niels Christiansen, CEO of LEGO Group; delivers a speech for the event ‘Innovative smart villages solutions for sustainable farming and Europe's rural areas', organised by MEP Franc Bogovic and RUM RA & Smart Villages Intergroup; participates via videoconference in the Ministerial Roundtable of the 2023 United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum titled ‘Working with and for Youth in Accelerating COVID-19 Recovery and Achieving the 2030 Agenda'; delivers a speech at an event to mark the 10 years of common agricultural policy in Croatia organised by MEP Karlo Ressler.

Mr Margaritis Schinas delivers a keynote speech at the 2023 European Cyber Agora; meets with Mental Health Europe; receives Mr Philippe Duneton, UNITAID executive Director; receives Mr Nicholas Papadopoulos, President of the Cyprus Democratic Party.

Mr Margaritis Schinas receives Mr Peter Beuth, Minister of Home Affairs of Hesse.

Ms Vĕra Jourová speaks via video conference at the ‘History, Memory and Justice for Roma in Europe'.

Ms Vĕra Jourová receives Mr Jaroslav Povsik, Chairman of Trade Unions of ŠKODA AUTO and with Ms Daniela Cavallo, President of Workscouncil of Volkswagen AG.

Mme Mariya Gabriel tient une téléconférence avec les 44 alliances d'universités européennes et la Coalitions des volontaires; participe par visioconférence à la réunion du conseil de Global Leadership, sur le thème « mobiliser l'action de la jeunesse pour protéger les communautés locales ».

Mr Nicolas Schmit in Tokyo, Japan: visits the Japan Organization for Employment of Elderly, Persons with Disabilities, which provides comprehensive support to the elderly, persons with disabilities, job seekers, and employers; meets with representatives from the social partners RENGO and Keidanren.

Mr Janusz Wojciechowski meets bilaterally with Mr Zdeněk Nekula, Minister for Agriculture of Czechia, and with Mr Robert Telus, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland. on the margins of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council of the European Union.

M. Thierry Breton reçoit M. Robert Brieger, président du Comité militaire de l'Union européenne (CMUE) ; reçoit M. Niels B. Christiansen, PDG gu Groupe LEGO ; reçoit une délégation de la société Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd (TSMC) ; prononce un discours d'ouverture lors de la 7ème Conférence de la plateforme pour une transition juste, sur le thème « Opportunités pour les industries stratégiques dans les régions bénéficiant du Fonds pour une transition juste »

Ms Elisa Ferreira participates in the round table on just transition fund in the Just Transition Platform Conference organised by DG REGIO; receives Mr Rainer Robra, Minister for Europe and Minister of State and Head of the Chancellery Office, Saxony Anhalt of Germany; receives Mr Nicholas Papadopoulos, President of Cyprus Democratic Party.

Ms Stella Kyriakides receives Mr Nicholas Papadopoulos, President of the Cyprus Democratic Party.

M. Didier Reynders reçoit des représentants de plusieurs ONG au sujet de la Défense de la Démocratie.

Ms Jutta Urpilainen receives Mr Jyrki Katainen, President of Sitra; Mr Ahmad Alhendawi, Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement; receives Mr Philippe Duneton, Executive Director of UNITAID.

Ms Kadri Simson in Copenhagen, Denmark: delivers a keynote speech at the Ministerial Session at the WindEurope Annual Conference; participates, via videoconference, in the official signature ceremony for a Memorandum of Understanding between Ministers of Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Azerbaijan.

Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius receives organisers of the European Citizens's Initiative (ECI) Save bees and Farmers.

Ms Mairead McGuinness addresses the members of the Advisory Council of EuropeanIssuers; receives Mr Héctor Alexander, Minister of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Panama; receives Mr Kristo Käärmann, Co-founder and CEO of Wise; meets, via videoconference, with Mr Philippe Brassac, Chairman, and senior members of the Executive Committee of the French Banking Federation.

Ms Ylva Johansson meets with Helene Hellmark Knutsson, Governor of Västerbotten County; gives an address at an event organised by the BraveMovement, at the European Parliament; holds a videoconference call with Mr Panagiotis Theodorikakos, Minister of Civil Protection of Greece; gives an address at the event, EU Network of National Rapporteurs and Equivalent Mechanisms.

Mercredi 26 avril 2023

College Meeting

Mr Frans Timmermans receives Mr Habtamu de Hoop, Member of the Dutch parliament.

Ms Margrethe Vestager in Copenhagen, Denmark: meets with Mr Michael Bach Petersen, General Secretary of Danes Worldwide; meets with the Danish Parliament's Committee on digitalisation.

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis participates in the meeting of the International Monetary Fund's Executive Directors for the European Union; receives Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade of United Arab Emirates; together with Mr Johannes Hahn and Ms Mairead McGuinness, participates in the joint meeting with Ms Ana Botín, Executive Chair of Santander, Mr Christian Sewing, CEO of Deutsche Bank, Mr Wim Mijs, CEO of the European Banking Federation (EBF), and Mr Sébastien de Brouwer, Chief Policy Officer of the EBF.

Ms Vĕra Jourová attends the Handover Ceremony of Replica of Sigismund of Luxembourg Roma Decree to the European House of History.

Ms Vĕra Jourová speaks at the Roma week event ‘New solutions to old problems'.

Mr Maroš Šefčovič  delivers a keynote speech at an event organised by the industrial development programme of the European Battery Alliance (EBA250).

Mme Dubravka Šuica prononce un discours lors de la réception « BioBienenApfel/ Donner une chance aux abeilles » organisée par M. Othmar Karas, Premier vice-président du Parlement européen

Ms Mariya Gabriel participates in the 1st meeting of the European Innovation Sounding Board, in Brussels; participates in the 8th Plenary meeting of the European Innovation Council Board, in Brussels.

Mr Nicolas Schmit receives Ms Paulina Brandberg, Minister for Gender Equality and Working Life of Sweden; participates in the inauguration ceremony of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)'s 23rd term of office in Brussels.

M. Paolo Gentiloni à Copenhague, au Danemark (jusqu'au 27 avril) : en mission officielle

Mme Elisa Ferreira ouvre la Conférence de la 4e semaine des stratégies macro-régionales de l'UE ; rencontre M. Bertalan Tóth, président du parti socialiste hongrois.

Ms Helena Dalli  holds an online meeting on Islamophobia in India and among Indian diaspora.

Ms Jutta Urpilainen receives representatives of the Confederation of Finnish Construction Industries.

Ms Kadri Simson delivers a keynote speech at the 7th Just Transition Platform Conference ‘International dimension of just transition and closing remarks', in Brussels, Belgium.

Ms Mairead McGuinness has a virtual meeting with Ms Petra Hielkema, Chairperson of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA); together with Mr Valdis Dombrovskis and Mr Johannes Hahn, participates in the joint meeting with Ms Ana Botín, Executive Chair of Santander, Mr Christian Sewing, CEO of Deutsche Bank, Mr Wim Mijs, CEO of the European Banking Federation (EBF), and Mr Sébastien de Brouwer, Chief Policy Officer of the EBF.

Ms Ylva Johansson holds a videoconference call with Mr Peter Hummelgaard, Minister of Justice for Denmark; meets with Mr Tobias Baudin, Party Secretary of the Swedish Social Democratic Party of Sweden and with Ms Maria Klockare, Political Secretary of the Swedish Social Democratic Party of Sweden.

Jeudi 27 avril 2023

Ms Margrethe Vestager in Tokyo, Japan (until 28/04): participates in the meeting of the G7 Digital and Tech Ministers.

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis in Stockholm, Sweden (until 28 April): participates in the Eurofi High Level Seminar 2023.

Ms Vĕra Jourová receives Mr Michael Pezzullo AO, Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs of Government of Australia; speaks at EURACTIV Conference on Media Freedom; speaks at the European Capitals of Inclusion and Diversity Awards; speaks at the High-level Roundtable on European radios and future of Europe.

Mr Maroš Šefčovič is in Delphi, Greece: participates in the Delphi Economic Forum (until 30/04).

Mr Johannes Hahn in Stockholm, Sweden: meets Mr Ulf Kristersson, Prime Minister of Sweden.

Ms Mariya Gabriel in Ispra, Italy: visits the Joint Research Centre (JRC) and delivers an opening speech at the workshop: ‘Translating radiotheranostic cancer research into clinical practice in Europe'; holds a discussion with JRC Ukrainian fellows; participates in the inauguration ceremony of Europa Science Experience with local authorities; meets with teachers and students of the European School of Varese.

M. Nicolas Schmit participe à un événement organisé par la Communauté des chemins de fer européens et des sociétés d'infrastructure à Bruxelles ; reçoit M. Jörg Dittrich, président de Confédération allemande de l'artisanat et vice-président de SMEUnited ; s'entretient par visioconférence avec Mme Oksana Zholnovych, ministre ukrainienne pour la politique sociale, avec Mme Helena Dalli.

Mr Paolo Gentiloni in Copenhagen, Denmark: on official mission.

M. Janusz Wojciechowski reçoit le Dr Antoine Hoxha, directeur général de Fertilizers Europe ; reçoit M. Mindaugas Maciulevičius, président de l'Union des agriculteurs du district de Kaunas en Lituanie.

M. Thierry Breton reçoit Mme Olivia Grégoire, Ministre déléguée chargée des PME, du commerce, de l'artisanat et du tourisme de France; reçoit M. Olivier Véran, Ministre délégué chargé du Renouveau démocratique, Porte-parole du Gouvernement de France.

Ms Elisa Ferreira hosts the 3rd meeting of the Group of high-level specialists on the future of Cohesion Policy in Brussels.

Ms Helena Dalli joins the Diversity Awards Ceremony; meets with Ms. Oksana Zholnovych, Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine.

Ms Helena Dalli makes a keynote speech for the Roma Week Event.

Mr Janez Lenarčič in Chisinau, Moldova (until 28/4) : meets Ms Maia Sandu President of Moldova; meets Ms Ana Revenco, Minister of Internal Affairs; participates in the firefighters and rescuers ceremony dedicated to awarding best performances for 2022.

Ms Kadri Simson delivers an opening speech at the ‘High-Level Workshop on Security of Supply of Medical Radioisotopes', in Brussels, Belgium; receives a delegation of Eurometaux, the European metals industry CEOs; and the board of the association ‘PowerWomen'.

M. Virginijus Sinkevičius en Lituanie (jusqu'au 28/04): tient une présentation lors de l'IQ Forum.                                   

Ms Mairead McGuinness in Stockholm, Sweden (until 29/04): speaks at the Eurofi High Level Seminar 2023; meets with Ms Odile Renaud-Basso, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD); meets with Ms Derville Rowland, Deputy Governor at the Central Bank of Ireland, responsible for Consumer and Investor Protection; meets with Ms Caroline D. Pham, Commissioner at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); meets with Mr Bernie Mensah, President of Bank of America; meets with Ms Adena Friedman, President and CEO of Nasdaq; meets with Ms Kristine Braden, Citi's Head of Europe and CEO of Citibank Europe; meets with senior officers of JP Morgan EMEA: Mr Vittorio Grilli, Chairman, Ms Anna Dunn, CFO and  Ms Patrick Thomson, CEO; delivers a pre-recorded speech at a reception to mark 50 years of the Brussels offices of the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) and the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS).

Mr Didier Reynders meets with Mr. Robert Abela, Prime Minister, with Mr. Jonathan Attard, Minister for Justice, with Mr. Byron Camilleri, Minister for Home Affairs, Security, Reforms and Equality and with Dr. Victoria Buttigieg, Attorney General; holds a meeting with the Foreign and European Affairs Parliamentary Committee.

Vendredi 28 avril 2023

Ms Vĕra Jourová in Czechia: meets with students of the Economy high school Trebic.

Mme Margrethe Vestager à Tokyo, au Japon : participe à la réunion des ministres du numérique et de la technologie du G7.

M. Nicolas Schmit participe à un panel de citoyens sur la mobilité à des fins d'apprentissage organisé par la Commission européenne à Bruxelles.

Ms Elisa Ferreira in La Réunion, France (until 02/05): participates in the commemoration ceremonies of the 40th anniversary of the Overseas Department of Réunion Autonomy; visits several Cohesion Policy funded projects in the region.

Ms Stella Kyriakides in Madrid, Spain: meets with Mr José Manuel Miñones, Minister of Health of Spain; meets with Mr Luis Planas Puchades, Minister of Agriculture of Spain; visits a Health Research Centre.

Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius in Vilnius, Lithuania: meets with Mr Simonas Gentvilas,  Minister for Environment; delivers a speech for the Environmental Implementation Review dialogue; and participates in the conference ‘30 Years of the Single Market - Achievements and Pitfalls.'

Ms Mairead McGuinness in Stockholm, Sweden (until 29/04): meets, in the margins of the informal meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council  (ECOFIN), with Mr Bruno Le Maire, Minister for Economy,  Finances, and Industrial and Numerical Sovereignty of France; meets with Ms Irene Tinagli, Chair of the ECON Committee in the European Parliament, and the Finance Ministers of the current and upcoming Council Presidencies: Ms Elisabeth Svantesson, Minister for Finance of Sweden, Ms Nadia Calviño, First Vice-President of the Government of Spain and Minister for Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, and Mr Vincent Van Peteghem, Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium and Minister of Finance.

Ms Helena Dalli gives an opening speech at the European Diversity Month Ceremony.

Mr Didier Reynders meets with Mr. Ian Borg, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade; holds a meeting with NGOs and the civil society.

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