Calendrier du lundi 17 février 2025 au dimanche 23 février 2025

Calendrier du lundi 17 février 2025 au dimanche 23 février 2025

 

(Susceptible de modifications en cours de semaine)

Déplacements et visites

 

 

Lundi 17 février 2025

President von der Leyen in Paris, France: participates in the informal meeting on Ukraine and security in Europe hosted by President Emmanuel Macron.

Ms Teresa Ribera meets with Mr Ed Miliband, Secretary of State of the UK; delivers a speech at the London School of Economics ‘Is it possible to achieve fair and inclusive prosperity without a green agenda?'.

Ms Henna Virkkunen receives Ms Odile Renaud-Basso, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Mr Stéphane Séjourné receives Mr Gilles Roth, Finance Minister of Luxembourg; receives Ms Stephanie Lose, Economic Affairs Minister of Demark; participates at inauguration of La Maison des Entreprises (MEDEF).

Ms Kaja Kallas receives Ms Melanie Joly, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Canada; participates in the 5^th high-level seminar on Latin America.

Mr Raffaele Fitto receives Nadia Calviño, President of the European Investment Bank (EIB); meets with Rimantas Šadžius, Minister of Finance of Lithuania; meets with Arvils Aseradens, Minister of Finance of Latvia; meets with Matthias Diependaele, Minister-President of Flanders .

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis delivers a keynote speech at the Inauguration of the House of French Enterprises (Maison des Entreprises de France, MEDEF).

Mr Andrius Kubilius receives Mr Rimantas Šadžius, Minister for Finance of Lithuania; receives Mr Keith Kellogg, United States Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia.

Ms Marta Kos receives Mr Igor Ivanovych Zhovkva, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine; in Warsaw, Poland: meets with Mr Martin Dvořák, Minister for European Affairs of of the Czech Republic; attends the gala dinner hosted by Mr Adam Szłapka, Minister for European Affairs of Poland.

Mr Costas Kadis delivers a speech at the Standing Committee Meeting of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference.

Maria Luís Albuquerque receives Ms Madalena Cascais Tomé, CEO of SIBS; receives Mr Rimantas Šadžius Minister of Finance of Lithuania; receives Mr Jürgen Ligi, Minister of Finance of Estonia; receives Mr Gilles Roth, Minister of Finance of Luxembourg; receives Mrs Odile Renaud-Basso, President of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; receives Mr Jörg Kukies, Minister of Finances of Germany.

Ms Hadja Lahbib receives Ms Sophie Hæstorp Andersen, Minister of Social Affairs and Housing of Denmark; receives Mr David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee; gives a keynote speech during the presentation of the International Rescue Committee Emergency Watchlist 2025.

Mr Magnus Brunner in Madrid, Spain: meets with Mr Fernando Grande-Marlaska Gómez, Minister of Interior of Spain; meets with Ms Elma Saiz Delgado, Minister for Inclusion, Social Security and Migration of Spain; meets with Mr José Manuel Albares Bueno, Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain; and delivers a keynote speech at the event ‘Securing the Future: looking at EU Policies through the lens of security' hosted by the Nueva Economía Fórum.

Ms Jessika Roswall meets with Mr Jörg Kukies, Federal Minister of Finance for Germany; meets with Mr Agustín Reyna, Director-General of The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC), hosts a videoconference call with Ms Barbara Metz, Executive Director of Environmental Action Germany.

Mr Piotr Serafin receives Mr Clyde Caruana, Minister for Finance of Malta.

Mr Dan Jørgensen receives Mr Rasmus Errboe, CEO of Ørsted; receives Ms Denisa Saková, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Slovakia and Mr German Galushchenko, Minister of Energy of Ukraine, to discuss the energy situation.

Mr Apostolos Tzitzikostas meets with CEOs of the Community of the European Railway and Infrastructure Companies; delivers the keynote speech at the 18th European Railway Award, at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts, in Brussels; meets with Mr Enrico Letta, former Prime Minister of Italy.

Mr Christophe Hansen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: visits Hof Heinrich Blommel farm in Ahaus; meets Ms Silke Gorißen, Minister of Agriculture and Consumer Protection of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Mr Glenn Micallef receives representatives from Missing Children Europe.

 

Mardi 18 février 2025

President Ursula von der Leyen receives Gen. Keith Kellogg, US Special Presidential Envoy for Ukraine and Russia.

Ms Teresa Ribera receives members of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW); receives Ms Odile Renaud-Basso, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

Ms Teresa Ribera, Mr Stéphane Séjourné and Ms Roxana Mînzatu receive Social Partners on the Clean Industrial Deal.

Ms Henna Virkkunen delivers a speech at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Joint Committee Meeting.

Ms Kaja Kallas receives Mr Javier Martínez-Acha Vásquez, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Panama.

Ms Roxana Mînzatu delivers remarks at the European Centre for Workers' Questions (EZA) 2025 Conference: ‘The EU's competitiveness agenda: What's at stake for workers and society?'; receives Mr Marcel Boloș, Minister for EU Funds of Romania; receives Ms Odile Renaud-Basso, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; meets with the Assembly of European Regions.

Mr Raffaele Fitto meets with Jörg Kukies, State Secretary for the Ministry of Finance of Germany; receives Stefano Antonio Donnarumma, General Director of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane; meets with Odile Renaud-Basso, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD); meets with Marcel-Ioan Boloș, Minister of Investments and European Projects of Romania.

Mr Maroš Šefčovič in Washington D.C., United States (until 20/02): meets with Mr Kevin Hassett, Director of the National Economic Council, Mr Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce (designate) of the US, and Mr Jamieson Greer, US Trade Representative (designate).

Ms Dubravka Šuica meets with Ms. Odile Renaud-Basso, President of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; with Mr. David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee.

Mr Andrius Kubilius in Paris, France: meets with Mr Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister for Foreign Affairs of France; meets with Mr Sébastien Lecornu, Minister of the Armed Forces of France.

Ms Marta Kos in Warsaw, Poland: attends the working breakfast at the Polish Army Museum.

Mr Costas Kadis receives the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr. Makis Keravnos; receives the President of the Brittany Region, Mr Loïg Chesnais-Girard.

Maria Luís Albuquerque receives Mr Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England; receives Mr Bruna Szego, Chair of the Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA); receives Mr Javier Martínez-Acha Vásquez, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama.

Ms Hadja Lahbib receives Ms Ymania Brown, Executive Director of Trans Europe and Central Asia (TGEU).

Mr Magnus Brunner in Rome, Italy: meets with Ms Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy; meets with Mr Antonio Tajani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy; meets with Mr Matteo Piantedosi, Minister of Interior of Italy; meets with Ms Marina Elvira Calderone, Minister for Labour and Social Policies of Italy; and visits the Italian National Cybersecurity Agency. 

Ms Jessika Roswall meets with Mr Jon Abrahamsson Ring, CEO of Inter IKEA Group; participates in the 2nd trilogue on the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste.

Mr Dan Jørgensen participates in the Youth Policy Dialogue on Energy; participates in a meeting, via videoconference, with representatives of the Nuclear Alliance; receives Mr Zhecho Stankov, Minister for Energy of Bulgaria.

Ms Ekaterina Zaharieva delivers a keynote speech at the conference: ‘FP10: Beyond an Investment', organised by Science Europe; receives Mr Enrico Letta, former Prime Minister of Italy; receives Mr Zhecho Stankov, Minister for Energy of Bulgaria.

Mr Apostolos Tzitzikostas delivers the keynote speech at the SESAR Joint Undertaking 3rd Annual Conference; delivers a speech, via videoconference call, at the 8th Thessaloniki Summit 2025; holds a meeting, via videoconference call, with Mr Martin Kupka, Minister for Transport of the Czechia; receives Mr Ioannis Plakiotakis, Vice-President of the Greek Parliament;  delivers the opening speech at the Transport and Environment event: 'From the Green Deal to the Clean Industrial Deal'. 

Mr Glenn Micallef participates in the Erasmus+ / European Solidarity Corps stakeholder conference; delivers a keynote speech at Meta's pan-European Youth Summit; receives Mr Stephen Borg, Deputy Secretary-General of the Union for the Mediterranean.

 

Mercredi 19 février 2025

Meeting of the College of Commissioners.

President von der Leyen in Bridgetown, Barbados: participates in the Conference of CARICOM.

Ms Teresa Ribera receives Ms Maria Guardiola Martin, President of the Spanish regional government of Extremadura; holds a videoconference with the Electrification Alliance; receives Mr Jaume Collboni, Mayor of Barcelona; delivers a speech at the College of Europe on ‘The Commission's agenda for a competitive, fair and just transition';  meets with Ms Federica Mogherini, Rector of the College of Europe.

Ms Henna Virkkunen delivers a speech at the meeting of the European Board of Digital Services; receives Ms Marianne Nissilä, Deputy Director General of the Department for International Trade at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.

Mr Stéphane Séjourné hosts two sessions “Strengthening the battery value chain and management of critical raw materials” and “Boosting the automotive value chain and manufacturing in Europe” under the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of the European Automotive Industry.

Ms Kaja Kallas in Cape Town, South Africa: co-chairs the EU-South Africa Ministerial Political Dialogue.

Ms Roxana Mînzatu receives representatives from SGI Europe.

Mr Raffaele Fitto; meets with María Guardiola Martín, President of the Regional Government of Extremadura; receives José Manuel Bolieiro, President of the Regional Government of the Azores; delivers a Keynote speech at the Parliamentary Evening of the Rhineland Metropolitan Region. 

Mr Maroš Šefčovič in Washington D.C., United States: participates in an event hosted by the American Enterprise Institute entitled ‘EU-US Cooperation on Trade and Economic Security: A Conversation with Maroš Šefčovič'.

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis holds a videoconference with Mr Stephan Leithner, Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Börse AG.

Ms Dubravka Šuica meets with Ms Ghada Waly, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.

Mr Andrius Kubilius receives Mr Eugenijus Sabutis, Minister for Transport of Lithuania; receives members of the Estonian Parliament's European Union Affairs Committee.

Ms Marta Kos participates remotely in a core group ministerial meeting organised by Mr Benjamin Haddad, Minister Delegate for European Affairs of France and Ms Cristina Gherasimov, Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova for European Integration.

Maria Luís Albuquerque receives the CEOs of the German Banking Industry Committee (GBIC); receives Mr José Manuel Bolieiro, President of the Regional Government of Azores.

Mr Magnus Brunner meets with Ms Ghada Waly, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; and meets with Mr Othmar Karas, President of the European Forum Alpbach, and Mr Feri Thierry, Secretary General of the European Forum Alpbach.

Ms Jessika Roswall gives an address at the First Meeting of the Group of Experts on Ecodesign for Sustainable Products and Energy Labelling, ‘the Ecodesign Forum'.

Mr Dan Jørgensen meets with Mr Mark Rutte, Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); addresses the North Atlantic Council, together with Mr Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency.

Ms Ekaterina Zaharieva delivers an opening speech at the Future Unicorn Awards ceremony, organised by DIGITALEUROPE.

Mr Michael McGrath meets with Ms Louise Hock, the Chair of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI), and with Ms Debbie Kohner, the Secretary-General of ENNHRI; meet Mr Félix Bolaños García, Minister for Justice and Relations of Spain; meets with Ms Cinnamon Rogers, Global Vice-President of Sony Interactive Entertainment; and meets with Ms Vanessa Hartley, Head of Google Ireland.

Mr Apostolos Tzitzikostas receives Mr Juanma Morena Bonilla, President of the Regional Government of Andalusia (Spain); receives Ms Marina Hadjimanolis, Deputy Minister for Shipping of Cyprus;  holds a meeting, via videoconference, with Mr Chris Jansen, Minister for the Environment and Public Transport of the Netherlands; receives Mr Stelios Angeloudis, Mayor of Thessaloniki (Greece); receives Mr Eugenijus Sabutis, Minister for Transport of Lithuania.

 

Jeudi 20 février 2025

President von der Leyen at the Conference of CARICOM witnesses the signature of a joint declaration between Barbados, Guyana and Lithuania on a joint pharmaceutical project supported by Global Gateway; witnesses the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding between Caribbean Telecommunications Union and Hispasat; meets with Mr Irfaan Ali, President of Guyana; meets with Mr Andrew Michael Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica.

Ms Teresa Ribera receives Mr Alfonso Rueda, President of the Spanish regional government of Galicia; receives Mr Emiliano García Page, President of the Spanish regional government of Castilla-La Mancha; receives Mr Salvador Illa, President of the Spanish regional government of Catalonia; receives representatives of civil society and business groups (Frank Bold, E3G, WWF and ShareAction).

Ms Henna Virkkunen, Mr Andrius Kubilius, Mr Magnus Brunner, Ms Ekaterina Zaharieva, and Mr Michael McGrath in Helsinki, Finland (until 21/02): meet with Mr Petteri Orpo, Prime Minister of Finland; visit the civil defence shelter Merihaka, together with Mr Antti Häkkänen, Minister for Defence of Finland.

Ms Henna Virkkunen Helsinki, Finland: participates in the Economic Council of Finland.

Ms Kaja Kallas in Johannesburg, South Africa (until 22/02): participates in the G20 Ministerial.

Mr Raffaele Fitto; receives Alberto Cirio, President of Piemonte Region of Italy; meets with Inga Bērziņa, Minister for Environmental Protection and Regional Development of Latvia; meets with Miklós Bóka, Minister for European Union Affairs and Tibor Navracsics, Minister for Regional Development and Public Administration of Hungary; meets with Alfonso Rueda Valenzuela, Regional President of Galicia. 

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis receives Mr Klaas Knot, President of the Dutch Central Bank (DNB); participates in the fireside chat at the ‘Masters of Digital 2025 event of Digital Europe'; receives Mr Christoph Ahlhaus, President of European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME.

Ms Dubravka Šuica in Rome; meets with Mr Lorenzo Fontana, President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies; participates in the 19^th Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean.

Ms Marta Kos receives representatives of the Civil Society Delegation from Serbia, including the European Movement in Serbia, the Centre for Contemporary Politics, the Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights – YUCOM, and the Belgrade Center for Security Policy and National Convention on European Union in Serbia; participates in the Polish Award Ceremony organised by the Mayor of the City of Gdańsk.

Mr Costas Kadis receives the President of the Regional Government of Azores, Mr José Manuel Bolieiro; receives the President of the Regional Government of Galicia, Mr Alfonso Rueda Valenzuela.

Ms Jessika Roswall in Stockholm, Sweden: hosts a Youth Dialogue and participates in a panel discussion, ‘The Circular Future – Business Models, Policies & Saving the Planet' at the Techarena 2025; meets with Mr Jonas Hagelqvist, Chief Operating Officer and Director-General of Innovation and Chemical Industries in Sweden (IKEM); meets with Mr Lennart Nilsson, President of COPA COGECA and Mr Palle Borgström, President of the Federation of Swedish Farmers (LRF); participates in a bureau meeting of COPA COGECA.

Ms Ekaterina Zaharieva in Helsinki, Finland: meets with Mr Wille Rydman, Minister for Economic Affairs of Finland.

Mr Michael McGrath in Helsinki, Finland: meets with Ms Leena Meri, Minister of Justice of Finland; and visits the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats.

Mr Glenn Micallef attends the Belgian Architectural Excellence Awards; delivers a video address at the event: ‘An Emergent Curriculum for the Early Years in Malta: Stories of Professional and Pedagogical Transformation'; attends the launch event of the Intergenerational Fairness Strategy.

 

Vendredi 21 février 2025

President Ursula von der Leyen receives Mr Marcel Ciolacu, Prime Minister of Romania.

Ms Teresa Ribera delivers a speech at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid on ‘The European green agenda and sustainable development: expanding the agenda of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.'

Ms Henna Virkkunen, Mr Andrius Kubilius, Mr Magnus Brunner, Ms Ekaterina Zaharieva, and Mr Michael McGrath in Helsinki, Finland: meet with Mr Alexander Stubb, President of Finland; attend a tour and demonstration by Finnish Border Guard officials, together with Ms Mari Rantanen, Minister for the Interior of Finland.

Ms Henna Virkkunen and Ms Ekaterina Zaharieva in Helsinki, Finland: visit the research institution VTT, together with Ms Mari-Leena Talvitie, Minister for Culture and Science of Finland.

Mr Stéphane Séjourné in Paris, France: meets Les Mousquetaires Group; meets Mr Olivier Andriés, CEO of SAFRAN Group; meets Mr Arthur Mensch, CEO of Mistral AI; meets Mr Eric Trappier, President of Dassault Aviation.

Ms Roxana Mînzatu in Brașov, Romania: visits the National College ‘Andrei Șaguna'; visits Transilvania University.

Mr Maroš Šefčovič chairs a meeting with the automotive industry.

Ms Dubravka Šuica in Beirut, Lebanon; meets with General Joseph Aoun, President of Lebanon; meets with Mr Nawaf Salam, Prime Minister of Lebanon; meets with Mr Youssef Raggi Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lebanon; Mr Nabih Berri, Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon.

Mr Andrius Kubilius in Helsinki, Finland: meets with Mr Antti Häkkänen, Minister for Defence of Finland; meets with Mr Wille Rydma, Minister for Economic Affairs of Finland.

Mr Costas Kadis hosts a High-Level Round-table on Fisheries and Oceans Dialogue- “Helping Design the European Ocean Pact”; receives Deputy Minister of Shipping of the Republic of Cyprus, Ms Marina Hadjimano; receives the European Marine Board; holds a videoconference call with the Chairperson of Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development MIO-ECSDE and Chairperson of the Global Water Partnership-Mediterranean GWP-MED.

Ms Hadja Lahbib receives Ms Sirpa Raution, Director of FRA (EU Agency for Fundamental Rights); receives Mr Rafał Trzaskowski, Mayor of Warsaw.

Ms Jessika Roswall in Stockholm, Sweden: hosts a Youth Dialogue and participates in a panel discussion, ‘The Circular Future – Business Models, Policies & Saving the Planet' at the Techarena 2025.

Mr Glenn Micallef attends the European Public Sector Accounting Standards (ESPAS) steering group meeting.

 

 

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