Calendrier du lundi 23 septembre 2024 au dimanche 29 septembre 2024
Calendrier du lundi 23 septembre 2024 au dimanche 29 septembre 2024
(Susceptible de modifications en cours de semaine)
Déplacements et visites
Lundi 23 septembre 2024
President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a keynote address at the Association of Small Islands States Leaders Meeting.
Ms Margrethe Vestager in Washington D.C., US: meets with Ms Rebecca Slaughter, Commissioner of the US Federal Trade Commission.
Mr Josep Borrell in New York, US: participates in the G7+ Foreign Ministers' meeting on Ukraine Sector Support and in a meeting of the G7 Foreign Ministers.
Ms Vĕra Jourová speaks at Stars4Media Day: Shaping the Future of Media.
Ms Dubravka Šuica in New York, US: meets with Ms Virginia Gamba, SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict; co-hosts and delivers an opening statement for UNICEF UNGA/SotF High-level Side event ‘Proven solutions for children, accelerating progress for the SDGs and beyond', organised by UNICEF; meets with Ms Kitty van der Heijden, Deputy Executive Director for Partnerships; meets with USG for Peace Operations Mr Jean-Pierre Lacroix; meets with Ms Najat Maalla M'jid, Special Representative on Violence against Children; participates in pre- COP 29 high-level event on Children.
Mr Johannes Hahn in Sao Paulo, Brazil (until 24/09): meets with government representatives and investors to promote the EU as an issuer.
Mr Paolo Gentiloni in Warsaw, Poland: delivers a speech ‘European Competitiveness – The way forward for a strong and resilient Europe' at the Dialogue on Economy conference, organised by the Federation of Entrepreneurs; meets with Mr Andrzej Domański, Minister of Finance of Poland; participates in a roundtable on the future of the European economy with think tanks.
Mr Janusz Wojciechowski hosts and participates in the EU Organic Awards at the Berlaymont.
Ms Ylva Johansson in New York, US (until 25/09): meets with Mr Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); hosts an EU high level side event in the margins of UNGA ‘'Leading the way forward: managing migration globally''; meets with Ms Amy Pope, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Mr Olivér Várhelyi meets with Maida Gorčević, Minister of European Affairs of Montenegro.
Ms Elisa Ferreira in China: participates in the EU-China High-level Dialogue on Regional Policy Cooperation.
Ms Kadri Simson in New York, US (until 26/9): delivers the opening key remarks at the Sustainability Summit NYC 2024: Decarbonising for the Future; participates in the Global Renewables Summit 2024 roundtable on ‘Catalyzing the potential of industrial electrification and hydrogen PtX value chains'; participates in the Climate and Clean Air Coalition's Ministerial Meeting on Super Pollutant.
Ms Mairead McGuinness participates in the High-Level Expert Group on the Union Restrictive Measures and the Sanctions Coordinators Forum, both organised by the European Commission; participates in the round-table event on Digital Euro organised by the European Central Bank.
Mr Wopke Hoekstra in New York, US (until 25/9): participates in the World Economic Forum event on ‘Mobilizing Business for COP Impact'; meets with Ms Alicia Isabel Adriana Bárcena Ibarra, Secretary for Foreign Affairs and designated Minister for Environment of Mexico; meets with Ms Jennifer Morgan, State Secretary and Special Envoy for International Climate Action of Germany; meets with Mr John Kerry, former Secretary of State and former Special Presidential Envoy for Climate of the United States, accompanied by Ms Jacinda Ardern, former Prime Minister of New Zealand; meets with Mr Ararat Mirzoyan, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Armenia; meets with Ms Daniella Deli, Deputy State Secretary for Climate Policy of Hungaria; participates in the working lunch of the Informal Gathering of World Economic Leaders, titled ‘Lunch – Advancing a Global Agenda through a Geopolitical'; meets with Mr Dion Travers George, Minister for Environment, Forestry and Fisheries of South Africa; meets with Mr Jared Cohen, President of Global Affairs and Co-Head of the Goldman Sachs Global Institute; meets with Mr Jeyhun Bayramov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan; meets with Mr Mukhtar Babayev, COP29 President-Designate and Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan; delivers keynote remarks at the reception 'Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction', organised by Mr Alexander De Croo, Prime Minister of Belgium.
Mardi 24 septembre 2024
President Ursula von der Leyen attends the 79th United Nation General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, US, together with Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager, High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell, Vice-President Dubravka Šuica, and Commissioners Stella Kyriakides, Didier Reynders, Ylva Johansson, Janez Lenarčič, Jutta Urpilainen, Kadri Simson and Wopke Hoekstra. They will host and participate in events and meetings with leaders from around the world, and have a number of high-level bilateral meetings in New York throughout the week.
President Ursula von der Leyen participates in the opening of the 79th United Nations General Assembly; delivers the opening remarks at the Global Renewables Summit; co-hosts an event on carbon-pricing, together with Mr Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada.
Ms Margrethe Vestager in Washington D.C., USA: meets with Mr Jonathan Kanter , Assistant Attorney General, US Department of Justice.
Mr Josep Borrell in New York, US: participates in the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly; delivers keynote speech at the High-Level UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine.
Ms Vĕra Jourová meets with Mr Thomas Jensen, CEO of Milestone Systems; speaks at the screening of 'Hollywoodgate' documentary.
Mr Margaritis Schinas in Madrid, Spain (until 25/09): participates in a panel session ‘The future of the EU: feasibility of enlargement' organised by the Asociación de Periodistas Europeos; meets with Angel Victor Torres, Minister for Territorial Policies and Democratic Memory of Spain.
Mr Johannes Hahn in Santiago de Chile, Chile (until 25/09): meets with government representatives and investors to promote the EU as an issuer.
Mr Janusz Wojciechowski in Skopje, North Macedonia: participates in the 18th Annual Meeting of the Ministers of Agriculture from South Eastern Europe (SEE).
Ms Stella Kyriakides in New York, US: attends the Food Waste Champions 12.3 and World Resources Institute (WRI) Public Event; delivers a speech at the UN General Assembly side event ‘The IPC and Antimicrobial Stewardship: from policy to implementation at the point of care'; delivers pre-recorded remarks at the SIOPE Policy Event 'Why Childhood Cancer should stay high on the EU agenda for 2024-2029?'; attends a high-level dinner co-hosted by the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on ‘The Road from New York to Jeddah' in the margins of the UN General Assembly to consider the global challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance.
Mr Didier Reynders participates in the ‘session de rentrée' of European Business Summit (EBS); opens the RAID Conference 2024.
Ms Ylva Johansson in Washington, US: meets with Mr Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States of America; meets with Mr Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security of the United States of America.
Ms Kadri Simson in New York, US: participates in the IEA-COP29 Event ‘Turning Methane Pledges into Action'; participates in the Global Renewables Summit 2024 roundtable on ‘Scaling up public and private renewable energy finance'.
Ms Mairead McGuinness in La Hulpe, Belgium: visits the Swift headquarters and meets with Mr Javier Pérez-Tasso, CEO, and senior executives.
Ms Iliana Ivanova meets with the High-Level Group on the Interim Evaluation of Horizon Europe.
Mr Wopke Hoekstra in New York, US: participates in the High Ambition for the High Seas event, ‘Accelerating Political Momentum for Ratification and Implementation of the High Seas Treaty'; meets with Mr John Podesta, Senior Advisor to the President of the United States for International Climate Policy; attends as observer the International Transition Accelerator Council meeting on accelerated decarbonization across heavy-emitting industry and transport sectors; meets with Mr Michael Bloomberg, United Nations Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions; participates in the Carbon Markets Roundtable of the Bloomberg Global Business Forum, with Mr Mark Carney, United Nations Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance; meets with Mr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister for External Affairs of India; meets with Ms Fiamē Naomi Mata'afa, Prime Minister of Samoa; delivers a speech at Columbia University Business School and Climate School on ‘EU's Climate Transition in a Geopolitical Landscape'; participates in the High Ambition Coalition Ministerial dinner.
Mercredi 25 septembre 2024
President Ursula von der Leyen rings the bell signaling the opening of the day's trading at the New York Stock Exchange.
Ms Margrethe Vestager in Montreal, Canada: visits the High Performance Computing Centre at the École de Technologie Supérieure; meets with students at the École de Technologie Supérieure Quantum Club booth; meets with Mr François-Philippe Champagne, Federal Minister of Innovation, Science & Industry of Canada; participates in a Fireside chat with Minister Champagne at CORIM (Conseil des Relations Internationales de Montréal).
Mr Josep Borrell in New York, US: participates in the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly; participates in the G20 Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting; hosts the a meeting with the Western Balkans leaders; co-hosts a Ministerial meeting on Sudan.
Mr Maroš Šefčovič receives Mr Javier Garat, President of Europêche; receives a delegation of Irish Church leaders.
Mr Margaritis Schinas in Madrid, Spain: visits the International Centre Sports Mental Coaching; delivers introductory remarks at the conference ‘The European Union necessary condition' organised by Fundación Carlos de Amberes.
Mr Nicolas Schmit in Paris, France: participates in the Trade Union Forum on Platform Work, Platfor(u)m.
Ms Stella Kyriakides in New York, US: delivers a speech at the UN General Assembly side event ‘Fostering Cross-Country Solidarity to Address Antimicrobial Resistance in the WHO European Region and Beyond'; delivers a speech at the side event ‘High-level Meeting on AMR and beyond: Bringing the voices and perspectives of the Low-and middle-income countries'; attends the 2024 Concordia Annual Summit - the First Ladies Luncheon Roundtable on breast cancer; participates in the Foreign Policy's Health Forum 'The Power of Prevention: Universal HPV Vaccination Strategies'.
Mr Didier Reynders participates via videoconference in the Launch of the European Judicial Organised Crime Network of Eurojust.
Ms Ylva Johansson in New York, US: gives an address at the UNGA Safe Pathways Roundtable; meets with Mr Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Mauritanians Abroad of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
Ms Helena Dalli delivers a keynote speech at the European Network on Independent Living Freedom Drive (ENIL); meets with Bulgarian LGBTIQ Activists from ILGA and Amnesty International, to discuss the current situation in Bulgaria; delivers a keynote speech for the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) at the conference ‘Call to Europe: The Future is Social''.
Ms Kadri Simson in New York, US: participates in the Norway-Canada Ministerial Consultation Meeting on Plastic Pollution Treaty; meets with Mr Omar Paganini, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Uruguay.
Mr Wopke Hoekstra in New York, US: attends Bloomberg event ‘Europe's Net Zero Strategy – Delivering on Climate Ambition and Enhancing Industrial Competitiveness'; delivers an opening speech and statement, on behalf of the EU and its Member States, at the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting to Address Existential Threats Posed by Sea-Level Rise; participates in a high-level panel on global solidarity levies and financing for development, organised by the Global Solidarity Levies Task Force; meets with Mr Tore Onshuus Sandvik, Minister for Climate and Environment of Norway; participates in the Ministerial meeting of donors on the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance; meets with Mr Edward Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero of the United Kingdom.
Jeudi 26 septembre 2024
Ms Margrethe Vestager in Ottawa, Canada: meets with Mr Pascale St-Onge, Minister of Canadian Heritage; meets with Mr Matthew Boswell, Commissioner of Competition of Canada.
Mr Josep Borrell in New York, US: participates in the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly; co-chairs the European Union- Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Ministerial Meeting; participates in the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Ministerial meeting; participates in the Ministerial meeting on Palestine with all Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) members; co-chairs Middle East Process (MEPP) Ministerial event.
Ms Vĕra Jourová in Canada (until 27/09): in Toronto, speaks at the conference 'The Kids Are All Right'; visits Citizen Lab Interdisciplinary Laboratory; and visits Czech 68 Publishers.
Mr Johannes Hahn in Lima, Peru (until 27/09): meets with government representatives and investors to promote the EU as an issuer.
Mr Nicolas Schmit participates in ETUC's 2024 annual European Works Council Conference; attends an event organised by the Hans Blöcker Foundation to mark 30 years of the European Works Council Directive.
Mr Janusz Wojciechowski in Syracuse, Italy (until 28/09): participates in G7 Agricultural Ministers' meeting.
Ms Stella Kyriakides in New York, US: delivers a speech on behalf of the EU at the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on antimicrobial resistance.
Mr Didier Reynders in New York, US: participates in a UNGA high-level side-event on ‘Stopping the Destabilizing Flow of Sensitive Technology'.
Ms Kadri Simson in New York, US: meets with Ms Keren Yarhi-Milo, Dean of Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and with Mr Jason Bordoff, Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University; participates in the Trade and Clean Energy Transition Program Launch Event; participates in the International Dialogue on Climate and Trade Dinner.
Ms Mairead McGuinness in United Kingdom: meets with Ms Tulip Siddiq MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury; meets with Ms Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer (London); delivers the 8th Brian Lenihan Memorial Lecture at the Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge; meets with Professor Barry Rider OBE, organiser of the annual Cambridge symposium on economic crime.
Ms Iliana Ivanova delivers a video message at the eTwinning Annual Conference; delivers a video message at the event on the occasion of the European Day of Languages.
Vendredi 27 septembre 2024
Ms Margrethe Vestager in Toronto, Canada: participates in the Conference ‘Attention the Kids are All Right' by The Centre for Media, Technology & Democracy & Paradigms.
Mr Josep Borrell in New York, US: participates in the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly; co-chairs the 14th Global Counterterrorism Forum Ministerial Plenary meeting; addresses the Council on Foreign Relations event on ‘Navigating Europe's Challenges: A Conversation with Josep Borrell'.
Ms Vĕra Jourová in Ottawa, Canada: meets with MacDonald Laurier Institute senior fellows; meets with Ms Pascale St-Onge, Minister of Canadian Heritage of Canada; meets with members of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics of the House of Commons of Canada; meets with Mr Stéphane Perrault, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada and Justice; and meets with Ms Marie-Josée Hogue, Judge of the Court of Appeal of Quebec.
Ms Mairead McGuinness in Dublin, Ireland: speaks at the FEBEA (Federation of Ethical and Alternative Banks and Financiers) Annual Conference 2024: “Ethical Finance: Citizen's money, for good”; delivers the keynote speech at Teneo European Summit.
Ms Iliana Ivanova delivers the opening speech via a video message at IT Arena Tech Conference 2024.
Samedi 28 septembre 2024
Mr Margaritis Schinas meets with Pope Francis.
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