Calendrier du lundi 23 octobre 2023 au dimanche 29 octobre 2023

(Susceptible de modifications en cours de semaine)

Déplacements et visites

 

Lundi 23 octobre 2023

President Ursula von der Leyen in Aachen, Germany: delivers a speech at the 20th Aachener Krönungsmahl 2023.

Mr Maroš Šefčovič in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: delivers an opening speech at the Saudi-EU Investment Forum and participates in a plenary session and panel of the forum dedicated to the Clean Energy Transition and Net-Zero Industries.

Ms Vĕra Jourová speaks at the High-Level Event on Elections Vote for the Future of Europe: support for participation and turnout for the 2024 elections to the European Parliament; receives Ms Marija Pejčinović Burić, Secretary General of the Council of Europe; meets, via video conference, with Mr Nick Clegg, President for Global Affairs of Meta; and meets with a group of 20 young Czech politicians.

Ms Dubravka Šuica delivers a keynote speech via videoconference for the event ‘Public Libraries Democracy Camp: The Future of Europe for Public Libraries', organised by Public Libraries 2030.

Mr Magaritis Schinas receives Mr Morissanda Kouyaté, Foreign Affairs Minister of Guinea; meets, via videoconference, Ms Amy Pope, Director General of International Organization for Migration (IOM). 

Mr Nicolas Schmit in Seville, Spain: participates in a conference organised by the Spanish Presidency "Automatic Mutual Recognition of Vocational Training Qualifications", marking the start of this year's European VET Week; visits the Joint Research Centre (JRC).

Mr Paolo Gentiloni participates in the InvestEU Guarantee Agreement signature event with the Hungarian promotional institution ‘Garantiqa Hitelgarancia Zrt' (Garantiqa).

Ms Elisa Ferreira in Luxembourg: delivers a keynote speech at the EIB ‘Cohesion Conference – Challenges and Opportunities‘ on the topic ‘Innovative methodological approaches to evaluations, particularly in the context of new data sources'; meet with EIB Vice-President, Mr Kyriacos Kakouris.

Mr Didier Reynders and Ms Kadri Simson hosts an event on the Commission's efforts to tackle energy poverty and boost consumers protection ahead of the winter, in Brussels; participates in the Roundtable meeting with Secretary Generals and CEOs of the Electrification Alliance; delivers a keynote speech at the Electrification Alliance Award ceremony, in Brussels.

Ms Jutta Urpilainen in Luxembourg: participates in the EU-Central Asia Ministerial meeting; meets with Mr Rashid Meredov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan; meets with Mr Zheenbek Kulubaev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyz Republic; meets with Mr Bakhtiyor Saidov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan; meets with Mr Sirojiddin Muhriddin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan.

Ms Mairead McGuinness in Dublin, Ireland:  meets with Mr David McRedmond, CEO of An Post; participates in a panel discussion at the Risk in Conversation 2023 organised by Allied Irish Banks (AIB)   

 

Mardi 24 octobre 2023

College meeting

President Ursula von der Leyen receives Mr Siegfried Russwurm, President of the Federation of German Industries (BDI).

Mr Maroš Šefčovič receives Mr Luca Beccari, Minister of Foreign Affairs of San Marino.

Ms Vĕra Jourová speaks at the event European Elections: Rights and Risks in the Digital Public Space; receives Mr Dorin Recean, Prime Minister of Moldova.

Ms Dubravka Šuica delivers a keynote speech via videoconference at the ‘#TURIZAM2030 The Future is now' conference, organised by the City of Novalja; delivers a keynote speech via videoconference for the event ‘Enabling a childhood of opportunity: breaking the cycle of child poverty in the EU', organised by the European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights and UNICEF; delivers a keynote speech via videoconference for the event ‘Salone della Giustizia', organised by the EU Representation in Italy.

Mr Johannes Hahn participates in a business-lunch organized by Raiffeisen Bank International.

Mr Nicolas Schmit receives Mr Hermann Gröhe, Member of the German Bundestag and a delegation of the working group on labour and social affairs of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag.

Mr Nicolas Schmit receives Mr Stefano Bonaccini, President of Region Emilia-Romagna

Mr Paolo Gentiloni receives Mr Dorin Recean, Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova.

Ms Elisa Ferreira delivers a keynote speech at the Just Transition Platform Conference in Brussels.

Ms Ylva Johansson meets with King Philippe of Belgium; meets with the Board members of Visita.

Ms Adina Vălean receives Mr Siegfried Russwurm, President of the Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (BDI).

Mr Olivér Várhelyi receives Mr Irakli Garibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia; receives Mr György Zolnai, CEO of Raiffeisen Bank Hungary; receives Mr Rainer Schnabl, CEO of Raiffeisen Bank Bosnia and Herzegovina; receives Mr Zoran Petrovic, CEO of Raiffeisen Bank Serbia; receives Ms. Svenja Schulze, Minister of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.  

Ms Jutta Urpilainen participates in the EU-Namibia Business Forum; receives Mr Arnoldo André Tinoco, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Worship of Costa Rica; attends the Global Gateway Civil Society Platform event.

Ms Kadri Simson delivers, via videoconference, a keynote speech at the opening session of the high-level conference ‘Hydropower: a key player of the European Energy transition'; delivers, via videoconference, a keynote speech at the OMC Med Energy Conference 2023; delivers an opening speech at the 6th EU-Norway Energy Conference;  hosts and participates in the EU-Norway Energy Dialogue, in Brussels.

Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius receives Mr Ignacio Higueras, Vice-Chancellor of Peru.

Ms Mairead McGuinness receives Ms Verena Ross, Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA); meets via videoconference with Ms Isabel Schnabel, Member of Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB);  meets with representatives of Irish environmental NGOs; meets with representatives of the Irish Farmers Association (IFA); speaks at a high-level event on ‘Women in Economics and Finance: Debate on the next challenges in the EU' co-organised by the European Parliament's Committees on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM); delivers the third John Hume ‘Spirit of Peace' European lecture.

Ms Iliana Ivanova receives Mr Stefano Bonaccini, President of the Emilia-Romagna Region in Italy; delivers an opening speech at the historical exhibition: ‘Provadia-Solnitsata' - Europe's oldest salt-producing and urban centre (5600-4350 B.C.), in Brussels.

Ms Helena Dalli makes an online keynote speech for the High-level event on Elections organised by the European Commission and European Parliament; makes an online keynote speech for the 51st Plenary Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS 51).

Ms Helena Dalli makes an online keynote speech for the Workshop on the Prevention of Intolerance, Discrimination and Hate co-organised by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the European Parliament

Ms Helena Dalli participates in an exchange of views with the FEMM Committee, on the occasion of the Gender Equality week of the European Parliament.

Mercredi 25 octobre 2023

President Ursula von der Leyen meets with the Global Gateway Business Advisory Group; delivers the opening speech at the Global Gateway Forum; participates in the Tripartite Social Summit; welcomes world leaders for Global Gateway Forum Dinner.

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis participates in the Tripartite Social Summit, ‘Delivering on building blocks for a successful European Economy for workers and companies'; participates in the Global Gateway Forum.

Mr Maroš Šefčovič receives Mr Dorin Recean, Prime Minister of Moldova; participates in the Global Gateway Forum; receives Mr Xavier Espot Zamora, Prime Minister of Andorra.

Ms Vĕra Jourová meets with King Philippe of Belgium; speaks at the event Fighting Disinformation and Regulatory Conundrums: European and Global Perspectives.

Ms Dubravka Šuica delivers a keynote speech for the high-level seminar ‘Which future for Europe? The Demographic Toolbox of the European Union', organised by the Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe (FAFCE).

Mr Margaritis Schinas receives Mr Georgios Pitsilis, President of AADE-Independent Authority for Public Revenue.

Mr Johannes Hahn receives representatives of the Österreichische Raiffeisenverband;  receives Mr Ferenc Bíró, Head of the Hungarian Integrity Authority; receives Ms Jessika Roswall, Minister for EU Affairs of Sweden.

Mr Nicolas Schmit attends the launch of the EU-OSHA healthy workplaces campaign on Safe and healthy work in the digital age, together with Ms Yolanda Diaz, Spain's second deputy prime minister and minister for labour and social economy, and Mr William Cockburn, Director of EU-OSHA; receives Mr Stefano Mallia, President of the EESC Employers' Group; receives Ms Annita Demetriou, speaker of the Cyprus house of Representatives; attends the Economic Summit organised by Baden-Württemberg.

Mr Paolo Gentiloni delivers a speech at the 2^nd EU Tax Symposium ‘The future of taxation in the EU: challenges ahead & changes needed' co-hosted by the European Parliament and the European Commission; participates in the Assembly 2023 of ANCI - Associazione Nazionale Comuni Italiani, in Genoa, Italy.

Ms Stella Kyriakides holds a videoconference call with Mr Karl-Josef Laumann, Minister of Labour Health and Welfare of North Rhine-Westphalia; participates in the Politico Health Care Summit 2023.

Mr Janez Lenarčič receives Ms Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh.

Ms Adina Vălean receives Mr Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, Minister for Transport and Infrastructure of Turkiye; receives Mr Marat Karabayev, Minister for Transport of Kazakhstan; receives Mr Dorin Recean, Prime Minister of Moldova; and participates in the Transport Corridors Session of the Global Gateway Forum, in Brussels.

Mr Olivér Várhelyi receives Mr Bojan Marichijk, Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs of North Macedonia; receives Mr Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of Türkiye; receives Mr Carlo Monticelli, Governor of the Council of Europe Development Bank; receives Mr Luca Schieppati, Managing Director of Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP); receives Mr Dorin Recean, Prime Minister of Moldova; participates in the Global Gateway Forum; receives Ms Ana Brnabić, Prime Minister of Serbia; receives Ms Odile Renaud-Basso, receives President of EBRD.

Ms Jutta Urpilainen attends the Global Gateway Forum (until 26/10); participates in the meeting of the Global Gateway Business Advisory Group; receives Mr Benjamin E. Diokno, Secretary of the Department of Finance of the Philippines; receives Mr Ulisses Correia e Silva, Prime Minister of Cabo Verde; holds a meeting Mr Andrew Mitchell, Minister of State for Development and Africa of the United Kingdom; holds a meeting Ms Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh; holds a meeting Ms Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, and Ms Anna Bjerde, World Bank Managing Director of Operations.

Ms Kadri Simson delivers, via videoconference, a keynote speech at the Ocean Energy Europe Conference and Exhibition (OEE2023); delivers, via videoconference, a keynote speech at the 28th Oil & Gas of Turkmenistan 2023 Conference and EXPO; delivers a keynote speech at the European Biomethane Week's European Biogas Conference; delivers a keynote speech at the Wind Energy summit on Supply Chain Challenges and Solution on Wind Energy and Alternatives for the EU,  organised by the Turkish Wind Energy Association, in Brussels; receives Mr Dorin Recean, Prime Minister of Moldova; participates in the North Atlantic Trade Organisation (NATO) Security Council, in Brussels.

Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius in Den Haag, the Netherlands: delivers a keynote speech at the Ocean Energy Europe Conference and Exhibition (OEE2023); and receives Mr Dorin Recean, Prime Minister of Moldova.

Ms Mairead McGuinness receives Ms Michele Olin, Chair of EBA Clearing; participates in a discussion at the seminar ‘The Future of Payments and Open Finance in Europe: what are the next steps?' organised by the Renew Europe Group.

Ms Iliana Ivanova meets with Mr Alfonso Durazo, Governor of the Mexican State of Sonora, in Brussels; meets with Mr Michiel Scheffer, President of the Board of the European Innovation Council (EIC), in Brussels; receives representatives of Folklore and Jota Academy of Aragon; delivers a keynote speech at the conference: ‘Sustainable Urban Regeneration: The Power of Design in Transforming Cities in Europe', organised by Bloomberg, in Brussels.

Mr Wopke Hoekstra receives Mr Amadou Ba, Prime Minister of Senegal; meets with Mr Macky Sall, President of Senegal, in Brussels.

Ms Helena Dalli delivers some opening remarks on Gender Equality in the EESC Plenary Session, on the occasion of the Gender Equality week of the European.

Ms Helena Dalli holds a bilateral meeting with EESC President, Oliver Röpke.

Ms Helena Dalli participates in the conference ‘Women - key players in ensuring a Just Transition' organised by MEP Rovana Plumb,  Vice President of the S&D Group in the European Parliament.

Ms Helena Dalli makes an online keynote speech for  the Committee of the Regions, on the occasion of the Gender Equality week of the European Parliament.

Jeudi 26 octobre 2023

President Ursula von der Leyen participates in the EPP Summit; participates in the European Council meeting.

Mr Maroš Šefčovič meets a delegation of Slovak Members of the European Economic and Social Committee; participates via videoconference in the High-Level event on Just Transition, organised by the Spanish Presidency. 

Ms Vĕra Jourová speaks at the Global Gateway Forum's session on Digital Infrastructure; receives Mr Nikolai Denkov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria; speaks at the conference Fighting Misinformation Online.

Mr Margaritis Schinas in Sao Paolo, Brazil (until 27/10).

Mr Nicolas Schmit in Luxembourg: participates in an event organised by CESI and CGFP “Why-How-What, living and working in the EU”.

Ms Elisa Ferreira in Santiago de Compostela, Spain: participates in the Interreg Annual Event; delivers a keynote speech; participates in a panel discussion and award the prizes at a project competition; visits several Cohesion Policy supported cross border projects.

Ms Stella Kyriakides participates in the ‘Health Products Manufacturing' segment of the Global Gateway Forum.

Mr Janez Lenarčič receives Mr Andrew Mitchell, Minister of State for Development and Africa, United Kingdom; receives Mr Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia; receives Ms Annita Demetriou, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Cyprus. 

Mr Olivér Várhelyi: receives Ms Annita Demetriou, Speaker of the Cyprus House of Representatives and president of the Democratic Rally.

Ms Jutta Urpilainen holds a meeting with Ms Odile Renaud-Basso, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD); holds a meeting Ms Alicia Bárcena, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mexico; holds a meeting Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia; receives Mr Edouard Ngirente, Prime Minister of Rwanda.

Ms Mairead McGuinness in Ireland (until 27/10): delivers a speech at Davy Stockbrokers Annual Conference; speaks at the event ‘Innovation & Competitiveness: 30 Years of the Single Market' co-organised by European Movement Ireland and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung; delivers a keynote speech at the Bank of Ireland event celebrating 50 years of Ireland's membership of the EU.

Ms Iliana Ivanova meets with Mr Zdravko Marić, President of the Youth Sports Games, and Mr Slaven Marić, Advisor to the Organising Committee of the Youth Sports Games, in Brussels; meets with Ms Svetoslava Georgieva, Chair of the Board of Directors of the European Innovation Council Fund, in Brussels; receives Mr José Ulisses de Pina Correia e Silva, Prime Minister of Cabo Verde.

Mr Wopke Hoekstra receives Mr Arnoldo André Tinoco, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica.

Vendredi 27 octobre 2023

President Ursula von der Leyen participates in the European Council meeting.

Ms Vĕra Jourová in Sofia, Bulgaria: meets with Ms Mariya Gabriel, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs; meets with Mr Atanas Slavov, Minister for Justice; meets with Ms Pavlina Panova, President of the Constitutional Court and with members of the Bulgarian Coalition against Disinformation; attends the Joint meeting of the European Affairs Committee and Legislative and Constitutional Affairs Committee of the Parliament; and speaks at the Balkan Constitutional Courts Forum.

Ms Dubravka Šuica in Dubrovnik, Croatia: meets with Mr Thomas Schmidt, Minister for Regional Development of Saxony; delivers a keynote speech for the event ‘Ten years of Croatia's successful EU membership: Cohesion, Resilience, and Economic development for stronger Regions and Cities', organised by the EPP Group in the Committee of the Regions; delivers a keynote speech via videoconference for the ‘Peace in Europe and the World' conference, organised by the Croatian Pan-European Union.

Mr Nicolas Schmit à Luxembourg: participe à un évènement organisé par la Commission européenne : « Défis et opportunités : L'Année européenne des compétences au Luxembourg ».

Ms Elisa Ferreira Ms Elisa Ferreira in Vigo, Spain: meets with the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) Galicia-Norte de Portugal.

Ms Elisa Ferreira in Tui, Spain: meets with local stakeholders from the Portugal-Spain cross border area.

Ms Elisa Ferreira in Porto, Portugal: delivers a keynote speech at the closing session of the Conference ‘PRR no Ensino Superior – Reforço da Ambição' organised by the Secretary of State for Higher Education of Portugal at Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar.

Ms Stella Kyriakides in Zagreb, Croatia (until 28/10): meets with Mr Vili Beroš, Minister of Health of Croatia; visits an oncology centre.

Mr Janez Lenarčič receives Mr Espen Barth-Eide, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Norway.

Ms Jutta Urpilainen in Helsinki, Finland: holds a meeting with Mr Sauli Niinistö, President of Finland.

Ms Kadri Simson receives Mr Oleksiy Chernyshov, CEO of Naftogaz (Ukraine); delivers a keynote speech at the EU-Morocco green partnership event - ‘A common green horizon: Exploiting the full potential of the EU-Morocco Green Partnership'.

Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius in Congo (until 28/10): participates in the Three Basin Summit; participates in the signing ceremony for the roadmap of the EU-Congo Forest partnership; delivers an opening speech at the Ministerial Meeting.

Ms Mairead McGuinness in Ireland: speaks at the  conference on 50 years of EU membership and the Agriculture sector organised by the Teagasc, Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority; speaks at the  County Meath Chamber President's Luncheon. 

Mr Wopke Hoekstra delivers an opening speech and participates in the high-level panel at the European Climate Stocktake; receives Mr Espen Barth Eide, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Norway.

 

Samedi 28 octobre 2023

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis in Osaka, Japan: participates in the EU-JAPAN High Level Economic Dialogue; participates in the G7 Trade Ministers' Meeting.

Ms Vĕra Jourová in Prague, Czechia: attends the Gala evening on the occasion of the Czech National Day.

Ms Elisa Ferreira in Porto, Portugal: participates in a debate at the forum ‘Matinées Pensantes'; participates in a debate at the Conference ‘Forum 2050' organised by the University of Porto.

Ms Stella Kyriakides in Zagreb, Croatia: delivers a keynote speech at the 16th Europa Donna Pan-European Conference.

Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius in Congo: participates in the Three Basin Summit; delivers an opening speech at the High-Level Segment.

 

 

 

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