Meetings of EU Commission members on 18 January 2023

President Ursula von der Leyen in Strasbourg: participates in the EP plenary debate on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 15 December 2022.

Mr Frans Timmermans meets with Mr Mircea Geoană, Deputy Secretary-General of NATO, in NATO premises, in Brussels, Belgium.

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis participates in a media roundtable with Bloomberg.

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis in Davos, Switzerland (18-20/01): participates in the World Economic Forum.

Ms Vĕra Jourová in Davos, Switzerland: speaks at the event ‘Explore the (Im)possible: Harnessing AI’s Potential to Help Solve Toda’s Biggest Challenges’, speaks at the Stakeholder Dialogue ‘Tackling Harm in Digital Era’, meets with Mr Gabrielius Landbergis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania and with Ms Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Leader of the Belarus opposition; speaks at the event ‘European Leadership in a Fragmented World’.

Ms Mariya Gabriel in Davos, Switzerland: participates in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting.

Mr Nicolas Schmit at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland: participates in strategy sessions on ‘Enabling a Just Transition’, ‘Learning from Crisis: Integrating Refugees in Labour Markets’ and ‘Jobs Consortium: Towards a New Vision for the Future of Work’, meets with Mr Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber, Ms Veronica Nilsson, Head of Global Deal Support Unit, OECD.

Mr Paolo Gentiloni in Davos, Switzerland (until 19/01): participates in the World Economic Forum 2023.

M. Janusz Wojciechowski s’entretient par vidéoconférence avec M. Jan Plagge, président d’IFOAM (Fédération internationale des mouvements d’agriculture biologique) Organics Europe ; participe à la réunion du ‘Groupe de réflexion européen sur la viande de porc’, à Bruxelles..

Mme Stella Kyriakides participe à la vidéoconférence des ministres de la santé du G7.

Mr Janez Lenarčič in Davos, Switzerland: participates to a closed door meeting on Humanitarian and resilience investing in frontier markets; participate to a Multilateral session on Broadening the funding base in fragile contexts; participates to a Dialogue dinner on ‘European leadership in a fragmented world’; meets Mr Axel van Trotsenburg, World Bank Managing Director of Operations and Ms Kristilina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF.

Ms Jutta Urpilainen visits Helsinki, Finland (until 19/01); holds meetings at the Parliament of Finland and visits the European Chemicals Agency.

Mme Kadri Simson prononce un discours, par vidéoconférence, sur le thème ‘2023 : une année pour l’accélération de l’hydrogène’ lors du sommet inaugural sur l’hydrogène vert organisé dans le cadre de la semaine du développement durable d’Abu Dhabi, à Abu Dhabi, aux Émirats arabes unis.

Ms Kadri Simson in Davos, Switzerland (until 19/01): participates in the World Economic Forum 2023: meets with Mr Raj Kumar Singh, Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy of India; meets with Mr Mirek Dusek, Managing Director of the World Economic Forum; meets with Mr John Chipman, Director-General and Chief Executive of the International Institute for Strategic Studies; meets with Mr Jason Eric Bordoff, Co-Founding Dean of the Columbia Climate School, Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy, and Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs at Columbia University SIPA; participates in the Stakeholders Dialogue session ‘Squaring Europe’s Energy Circle’; participates in the roundtable ‘Informal Gathering of World Economic Leaders (IGWEL): Navigating the New Energy Reality’; participates in the Strategy Session ‘All Eyes on Europe’s Twin Transition’; participates in the Dinner-Dialogue ‘European Leadership in a Fragmented World’.

Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius in Davos, Switzerland (until 19/01): participates in the World Economic Forum 2023: meets with CEOs of Coca-Cola; Ms Helena Helmersson, CEO of H&M; representatives of LEGO; Mr Matthew Brittin, President of EMEA Business & Operations for Google; Mr Mark Boris Andrijanič, Board Member of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology; Ms Monica Andrés Enriquez, Executive Vice-President for Region Europe at Yara International; Ms Kara Hurst, Vice-President of Amazon Worldwide Sustainability.

Ms Mairead McGuinness in Davos, Switzerland (18-20/01): participates in the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum “Cooperation in a Fragmented World”.