Calendrier du lundi 17 juillet au dimanche 23 juillet 2023

(Susceptible de modifications en cours de semaine)

Déplacements et visites

Lundi 17 juillet 2023

President Ursula von der Leyen participates in the EU-CELAC Summit; receives Mr Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil; delivers an opening speech at the EU-LAC 2023 Business Round Table; witnesses the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding between the EU and Argentina on energy cooperation together with Mr Alberto Fernández, President of Argentina; participates in the EU-Caribbean Leaders' meeting

Mr Frans Timmermans delivers introductory remarks at the EU-LAC business round table on energy transition in the margins of the EU-CELAC Summit.

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis participates in the EU-CELAC Business Round Table Panel on Critical Raw Materials and E-Mobility; participates in the European Central Bank 2023 9th High-level Conference on Central, Eastern and South-eastern European (CESEE) Countries via videoconference

Ms Vĕra Jourová meets via video-conference with Prague Civil Society Centre.

Mr Margaritis Schinas visits the Public Psychiatric Care Centre ‘OPZ Geel'.

Mr Paolo Gentiloni in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India (until 18/07): participates in the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors.

Mr Thierry Breton holds a videoconference call with high-level representatives of the European Competitive Telecommunications Association (ECTA).

Mr Didier Reynders in Washington D.C., United States: meets with Mr. Rohit Chopra, CFPB Director, with Ms. Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, with Mr. Merrick Garland, Attorney General.

Ms Helena Dalli launches the EU ‘Access City Award Competition' via a video message.

Ms Ylva Johansson meets with Mr John Briceño, Prime Minister of Belize; meets with Ms Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica; delivers a keynote address via webinar to the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA).

Mr Olivér Várhelyi in Tirana, participates in working lunch with Western Balkan leaders.

Ms Jutta Urpilainen receives Mr Ilan Goldfajn, President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB); receives Mr Sergio Diaz-Granados, Executive President of the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF); receives Ms Alicia Barcena, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico; Mr Amery Browne, Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago.

Ms Kadri Simson attends the Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Commission and Argentine, in the Berlaymont.

Mardi 18 juillet 2023

President Ursula von der Leyen participates in the EU-CELAC Summit; receives Mr Luis Lacalle Pou, President of Uruguay, and witnesses the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding between the EU and Uruguay on energy cooperation; witnesses the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding between the EU and Chile on a Strategic Partnership on Sustainable Raw Materials Value Chains cooperation, together with Mr Gabriel Boric, President of Chile;

Mr Frans Timmermans receives Mr Chandrikapersad Santokhi, President of Suriname; participates in the EU Youth Climate and Sustainability round table at the European Economic and Social Committee, in Brussels; participates in the meeting with European CEOs of the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP); receives Mr Frank Heemskerk, Secretary-General of the European Round Table for Industry (ERT).

Ms Margrethe Vestager participates in the ‘Digital Ministerial Roundtable on Inclusion and Connectivity' organised by the European Commission and the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis receives Mr Alberto van Klaveren Stork, Foreign Affairs Minister of Chile; receives Ms Alicia Barcena Ibarra, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico.

Mr Maroš Šefčovič receives Mr Ignazio Cassis, Federal Councillor of Switzerland, head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.

Ms Vĕra Jourová attends the CEPS event: ‘Populist Parties and Democratic Resilience: How can the EU and its member states prevent populist parties from turning against democracy?'; meets via video-conference with members of the German Eastern Business Association; meets via video-conference with Mr Nick Clegg, President for Global Affairs of Meta.

Mr Margaritis Schinas meets with Mr Rainer Dulger, President of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations.

Mr Nicolas Schmit gives a speech at an event organised by three confederations of employers entitled ‘Business Lunchtalk – Skills & Talents for Europe‘; receives Ms Karine Lalieux, Belgium's Minister of Pensions and Social Integration, in charge of people with disabilities, the fight against poverty and Beliris.

Mr Thierry Breton meets with representatives of the Italian Initiative Group (GII), in Brussels; holds a videoconference call with Mr Shou Chew, CEO of TikTok.

Mr Olivér Várhelyi receives Mr Manuel Sarrazin, German Federal Government Special Representative for the Western Balkans.

Ms Jutta Urpilainen receives Mr Ariel Henry, Prime Minister of Haiti; receives Mr Arnoldo André Tinoco, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Worship of Costa Rica, and Ms Paula Bogantes, Minister of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications of Costa Rica; receives Ms Janaina Tewaney, Foreign Ministers of Panama.

Ms Kadri Simson attends the Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Commission and Uruguay, in the Berlaymont.

Ms Kadri Simson receives Mr Diego Pardow, Minister for Energy of Chili.

Ms Mairead McGuinness meets, via videoconference, with Ms Petra Hielkema, Chairperson of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA); chairs the roundtable with stakeholders on distribution of retail financial products organised by DG FISMA. 

Mercredi 19 juillet 2023

College Seminar

President Ursula von der Leyen chairs the College seminar in preparation of the State of the Union address.

Ms Margrethe Vestager meets via videoconference with Mr Geoffrey Hinton, Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, and Mr Stuart Russell, Computer Science Professor at Berkeley University and Director of the Center for Intelligent Systems.

Ms Vĕra Jourová speaks at Re-Imagine Europa's first edition of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing dinners ‘Media, Democracy and Polarisation'.

Mr Paolo Gentiloni in New York, USA (until 21/07): participates in the United Nations Financing for Development Forum.

Ms Adina Vălean receives Ms Dorothea von Boxberg, CEO of Brussels Airlines; and holds a meeting, via videoconference, with Mr Alain Rousset, President of Nouvelle Aquitaine Region (France), and Mr Iñigo Urkullu, President of the Basque Country.

M. Janez Lenarčič au Tchad (jusqu'au 21/07) : rencontre des représentants des partenaires humanitaires de l'UE ; rencontre des représentants de haut niveau du Tchad.

M. Olivér Várhelyi reçoit M. Volker Türk, Haut Commissaire aux droits de l'homme des Nations Unies ; reçoit Mme Luminita-Teodora Odobescu, ministre roumaines des Affaires étrangères ; reçoit M. Ilia Darchiashvili, ministre des Affaires étrangères de Géorgie

Ms Jutta Urpilainen visits New York, the United States, and participates in the UN High Level Political Forum.

Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius receives with Mr Franz Tattenbach, Minister for Environment and Energy of Costa Rica.

Jeudi 20 juillet 2023

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis meets Mr Gan Kim Yong, Minister for Trade and Industry of Singapore via videoconference.

Ms Vĕra Jourová receives organisers of the European Citizens Initiative Fur Free Europe; receives Mr Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Mr Nicolas Schmit in Indore, India: attends the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers' meeting.

Ms Kadri Simson in Goa, India (until 23/7): participates in the CEM-14/MI-8 and G20 meetings; delivers the opening remarks at the CEM (MI) hydrogen Initiative - Unleashing the global potential for clean hydrogen in ports and the maritime sector; delivers the opening remarks at the CEM Power Workstreams -Release of Action Plans for Rapid Power Sector Decarbonization.

Vendredi 21 juillet 2023

President Ursula von der Leyen in New York, United States: receives the World Peace and Liberty Award on behalf of the European Commission.

Mr Johannes Hahn in Bregenz, Austria: meets Mr Markus Wallner, Governor of Vorarlberg; visits the Illwerke vkw AG.

Mr Nicolas Schmit in Indore, India: attends second day of the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers' meeting; meets with Mr Thulas Nxesi, South African Minister of Employment and Labour; Mr Luiz Marinho, Brazilian Minister of Labour and Social Security; and Dr Koh Poh Koon, Senior Minister of State for Manpower of Singapore.

Ms Kadri Simson in Goa, India: participates in the CEM—14/MI-8 Joint Plenary; holds a bilateral meeting with Mr Bruce Douglas, CEO of Global Renewables Alliance, and with Mr Ben Backwell, CEO of the Global Wind Energy Council; and holds a bilateral meeting with Ms Jennifer Granholm, Secretary for Energy of the United States of America.

Samedi 22 juillet 2023

Ms Kadri Simson in Goa, India: participates in the Energy Transition Ministerial Meeting of the G20; holds a bilateral meeting with Mr Alparslan Bayraktar, Minister for Energy and Natural Resources of Türkiye; and holds a bilateral meeting with Mr Adolfo Sachsida, Minister for Mining and Energy of Brazil.

Permanence SPP le weekend du 1 juillet au 2 juillet :

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