Calendrier du lundi 13 mai 2024 au dimanche 19 mai 2024

(Susceptible de modifications en cours de semaine)

Déplacements et visites

 

Lundi 13 mai 2024

Ms Margrethe Vestager in Copenhagen, Denmark: speaks at the Policy Forum of AmCham Denmark; receives the Womenomics Leadership Award 2024.

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis meets Mr Marcel-Ioan Boloș, Minister of Finance of Romania; meets Mr Andrzej Domanski, Finance Minister of Poland.

Mr Margaritis Schinas meets with Balazs Hanko, Minister of State for Innovation and Higher Education of Hungary.

Mr Maroš Šefčovič receives Ms Giulia Chierchia, Executive Vice President for strategy, sustainability and ventures at the British Petroleum Company (BP).

Mr Paolo Gentiloni meets Mr Carlos Cuerpo,  Minister of Economy, Trade and Business of Spain; meets Ms Lyudmila Petkova, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Bulgaria.

Mr Janusz Wojciechowski in Bucharest, Romania (until 14/05): meets with Mr Marcel Ciolacu, Prime Minister of Romania, and Mr Florin-Ionuț Barbu Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development of Romania; meets representatives of farmers' associations and the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest.

Mr Thierry Breton in Paris, France: meets with Mr Philippe d'Ornano, President of Sisley; delivers a keynote speech at the Choose France Summit.

Ms Elisa Ferreira in Prague, Czechia (until 14/05): participates in the Ministerial Meeting of the Visegrad Group on Cohesion Policy.

Ms Stella Kyriakides delivers a keynote speech at the Mental Health Europe event on ‘Co-creating Mental Health: Shaping Europe's Future Together'.

Ms Jutta Urpilainen receives Mr Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, UN Special Coordinator for development in the Sahel; receives Mr Felipe Paullier, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs.

Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius speaks, via videoconference call, at the Hearing - ‘Ukraine's path in reforming the legislation on environmental and climate issues as part of the negotiations on EU membership: plans and activities of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the Government in 2024', organized by the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Environmental Policy and Nature Management.

Ms Mairead McGuinness meets Mr Carlos Cuerpo, Minister of Economy, Trade and Business of Spain.

Ms Iliana Ivanova meets with Ms Nicole Belloubet, Minister for National Education of France; meets with Ms Sarah El Haïry, Minister Delegate for Youth, Childhood and Family of France; meets with Mr Giuseppe Valditare, Minister for Education and Merit of Italy; meets with Mr Georgi Glushkov, Minister for Youth and Sports of Bulgaria; meets with Ms Candelaria Delgado, Head of Social Welfare, Youth, Equality and Family Department of the Canary Islands Government of Spain; delivers a video message at the award ceremony of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture; delivers a video message at Arts Festivals Summit 2024, Usedom.

 

Mardi 14 mai 2024

Ms Margrethe Vestager meets with Mr Giancarlo Giorgetti, Minister for Economy & Finance of Italy.

Mr Maroš Šefčovič in Paris, France: participates in the Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa organised by the International Energy Agency.

Ms Vĕra Jourová speaks at the European Digital Media Observatory Annual Conference; receives Mr Pascal Schonard, Director of the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations; meets via video conference with Mr Hugo de Jonge, Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations of the Netherlands.

Mr Nicolas Schmit meets Mr Bernard Piccard, the founder and chairman of the Solar Impulse Foundation.

Mr Paolo Gentiloni participates in the Economic and Financial Dialogue between the EU and the Western Balkans Partners, Türkiye, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine; delivers opening remarks via video message at the ‘EuropaDigitale.Coop - Idee Cooperative per l'Europa Digitale' event, in Rome, Italy; meets Mr Mehmet Şimşek, Minister of Treasury and Finance of Türkiye.

Mr Janusz Wojciechowski in Romania: takes part in field visits to the port of Constanta, Rasova Winery, and EU-funded projects.

Mr Thierry Breton delivers a keynote speech at the high-level event ‘3D for Europe's culture', in Brussels.

Ms Elisa Ferreira in Prague, Czechia: participates in the Ministerial Meeting of the Visegrad Group on Cohesion Policy.

Ms Stella Kyriakides delivers a keynote speech at the event ‘The right to be forgotten: Improving quality of life for people with a history of cancer'.

Ms Kadri Simson in Brussels, Belgium: delivers the opening remarks at a high-level stakeholder event on the second anniversary of the REPowerEU Plan, and participates in the related roundtable discussion.

Ms Mairead McGuinness meets Ms Elisabeth Svantesson, Minister for Finance of Sweden; meets Mr Mehmet  Şimşek, Minister of Treasury and Finance of Türkiye; speaks at the conference on ‘Cancer survivorship: advancing the right to be forgotten' organised by the European Commission.

Mr Wopke Hoekstra delivers the opening remarks at the Inaugural meeting of the Reflection Group on mobilising Climate Resilience Financing, with industrial stakeholders, representatives of public and private financial institutions, European Investment Bank and European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority.

 

Mercredi 15 mai 2024

College Meeting

President Ursula von der Leyen receives Their Majesties The King and The Queen of the Belgians, for a meeting with the College of Commissioners

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis in Yerevan, Armenia (until 16/05): meets Ms Odile Renaud-Basso, President, EBRD; meets Mr Vahagn Khachaturyan, President of Armenia; participates in the Board of Governors opening session of the EBRD 2024 Annual Meeting.

Mr Maroš Šefčovič receives a delegation of the governors of the nine Brazilian federative states of the Northeast region ;receives a delegation from the European Net Zero Alliance; receives Ms Irene Rummelhoff, Executive Vice President of Marketing, Midstream and Processing at Equinor.

Ms Vĕra Jourová speaks via video conference at Copenhagen Democracy Summit.

Mr Nicolas Schmit attends the Antwerp Dialogue on quality industrial jobs in Europe organised by IndustriAll and Cefic; meets the representatives of the European Dockworkers Council.

Mr Janusz Wojciechowski receives representatives of COPA-COGECA; receives representatives of the European Milk Board; receives representatives of CropLife; attends online the 34th session of FAO Regional Conference for Europe.

Ms Helena Dalli in the Hague, the Netherlands: joins as a keynote speaker the IDAHOT+ Forum, organised by the Government of the Netherlands and the Council of Europe; attends the panel debate on the current trends in LGBTIQ+ equality in Europe, as part of the IDAHOT+ Forum; attends the Informal Ministerial Meeting, as part of the IDAHOT+ Forum; attends  the Plenary Session on the ‘End of the Forum: reflecting on the day and presenting Ministerial Declaration'; meets with the Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, as part of the IDAHOT+ Forum.

Ms Jutta Urpilainen participates in the EU Arctic Forum and Indigenous Peoples' Dialogue; receives Mr Eero Rämö, Secretary General of the Finnish Red Cross; holds a call with Ms Svenja Schulze, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany; receives Mr Paulo Dantas, Governor of the federative state of Alagoas; receives Mr Jerônimo Rodrigues, Governor of the federative state of Bahia; receives Mr Elmano de Freitas, Governor of the federative state of Ceará; receives Mr Carlos Brandão, Governor of the federative state of Maranhão; receives Mr João Azevêdo, Governor of the federative state of Paraíba; receives Ms Raquel Lyra, Governor of the federative state of Pernambuco; receives Mr Rafael Fonteles, Governor of the federative state of Piauí; receives Ms Fátima Bezerra, Governor of the federative state of Rio Grande do Norte; receives Mr Fábio Cruz Mitidieri, Governor of the federative state of Sergipe.

Ms Kadri Simson in Brugge, Belgium: participates in the plenary session panel on ‘Add-on benefits and non-price criteria', at the high-level event ‘Delivering offshore energy to all' organised by the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU.

Ms Mairead McGuinness holds a videoconference call with Ms Petra Hielkema, Chairperson of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA).

Ms Iliana Ivanova delivers a keynote speech and hands out the Horizon Europe EU Awards for Gender Equality Champions; delivers a video message at the Raw Materials Summit 2024.

Mr Wopke Hoekstra speaks, via videoconference, with Mr Dan Jørgensen, Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy of Denmark.

 

Jeudi 16 mai 2024

Ms Margrethe Vestager in Aarhus, Denmark: participates in the ‘Making Markets Work For People Debates Series' at Aarhus University.

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis in Yerevan, Armenia, for the Annual meeting & Business Forum of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD): participates in a panel on Critical Raw Materials; witnesses the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the EBRD and Mr Kanat Sharlapaev, Minister for Industry and Construction of Kazakhstan; participates in EBRD Board of Governors Plenary session; meets Mr Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia; meets Mr Mher Grigoryan and Mr Tigran Khachatryan, Deputy Prime Ministers of Armenia; meets Mr Dumitru Alaiba, Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova; meets Ms Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of International Cooperation of Egypt.

Mr Maroš Šefčovič co-chairs, together with Mr David Cameron, UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, meetings of the EU-UK Joint Committee and the EU-UK Partnership Council.

Ms Vĕra Jourová in Tallinn, Estonia: meets with Mr Alar Karis, President of Estonia, representatives of stakeholders and civil society organisations; speaks at  Women's luncheon and at Lennart Meri Conference.

Mr Margaritis Schinas in Strasbourg, France (until 17/05): participates in the 133rd session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.

Mr Paolo Gentiloni participates in the Brussels Economic Forum (BEF) debate: The green transition in election times: fair policies for people and the climate.

Mr Janusz Wojciechowski in Budapest, Hungary: meets with Mr István Nagy, Minister for Agriculture of Hungary.

Mr Thierry Breton in Berlin, Germany: meets with the Committee on European Affairs at the Federal Parliament (Bundestag) of Germany; meets with Mr Anton Hofreiter, Chairman of the Committee on European Affairs and leader of the Alliance 90/The Greens in the Federal Parliament of Germany; meets with Mr Robert Habeck, Federal Minister for Economy and Climate Action of Germany; meets with Ms Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Chair of the Defence Committee in the Federal Parliament of Germany.

Ms Stella Kyriakides in London, United Kingdom: participates in the Global Ministerial Panel at the event ‘The World Together Solving the Antibiotic Emergency' hosted by the UK Government and the Royal Society.

Ms Helena Dalli is boarding the first LGBTIQ trainbow, together with Mr. Robbert Dijkgraa, Minister for Equality of the Netherlands during which she will be welcomed by State Secretary Leroy, in Luxembourg Train Station, in Brussels, Belgium.

Ms Jutta Urpilainen receives the participants of KAVAKU, Finnish Foreign Ministry's Training Course for Newly Recruited Diplomats.

Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius in Lithuania: speaks at the Conference ‘How are the sustainability requirements for the (retail) sector changing, and what it means for business?'; participates in a discussions with academics on Sustainability in the Face of War and Crisis at the Momentum Conference.

Ms Mairead McGuinness in Dublin, Ireland: meets Mr Michael D'Arcy, CEO of the Irish Association of Investment Managers (IAIM); delivers a keynote speech at Mason Hayes and Curran Annual Conference on Property, Infrastructure and Investment.

Mr Wopke Hoekstra, in Mons, Belgium: delivers a keynote speech at the inaugural ceremony of the Innovation Fund project ‘GO4ZERO', the first Belgian net-zero cement plant.

 

Vendredi 17 mai 2024

Ms Margrethe Vestager in Copenhagen, Denmark: participates in a debates with Ræson and Rysensteens Gymnasium.

Ms Vĕra Jourová in Tallinn, Estonia: meets with Ms Kaja Kallas, Prime Minister of Estonia and Mr Madis Timpson, Minister of Justice of Estonia and speaks at Lennart Meri Conference.

Mr Paolo Gentiloni delivers concluding remarks via video message at the 6th Annual Conference of the European Fiscal Board on ‘The role of independent advice on fiscal policy'.

Mr Janusz Wojciechowski participates in roundtable meeting of the China-Europe Association for Technical & Economic Cooperation Constitution.

Mr Thierry Breton in Lusatia, Germany: visits Germany's first prospect for a ‘Net-Zero Acceleration Valley'.

Ms Helena Dalli, together with Alexander De Croo, Prime Minister of Belgium, makes a keynote speech at the conference on ‘Pride Alliances and Policy: Towards a Union of Equality' organised by the Belgian Presidency.

Ms Helena Dalli attends the press conference of the ‘Pride Alliances and Policy: Towards a Union of Equality' conference.

Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius delivers a speech at the Conference ‘Lithuanian Maritime Strategy', marking the European Maritime Day and presenting the preparation of the Maritime Strategy by the Maritime Affairs Commission of the Seimas.

Mr Janusz Wojciechowski in Serbia: attends Novi Sad Agriculture Fair; meets with Mr Miloš Vučević, Prime Minister of Serbia, with Ms Tanja Miščević, Minister of European Integration of Serbia, and with Ms Jelena Tanaskovic, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of Serbia.

 

Dimanche 19 mai 2024

Ms Dubravka Šuica delivers a keynote speech at the closing event of The European Citizens' Panel on Tackling Hatred in Society.