Meetings of EU Commission members on 13 February 2023

President Ursula von der Leyen meets with Ms Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament; meets with Mr Manfred Weber and Ms Iratxe García-Pérez, Chairs of the European People’s Party Group and the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament.

Mr Frans Timmermans receives Mr Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank.

Ms Margrethe Vestager meets via videoconference with members of the German Green party.

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis receives Ms Gintarė Skaistė, Minister of Finance of Lithuania; meets with Ms Nadia Calviño, First Deputy Prime Minister of Spain and Minister for Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, and Mr Fernando Medina, Minister of Finance of Portugal – at the margins of the Eurogroup meeting.

Mr Maroš Šefčovič in Washington DC, United States: meets with Mr Amos Hochstein, Special Presidential Coordinator for global infrastructure and energy security; delivers a speech at an event organised in cooperation with the Department of Energy, and with the participation of the European Battery Alliance and the US Li-Bridge Alliance.

Mr Johannes Hahn receives Ms Nadia Calviño, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Economy and Digitalization of Spain; receives Gintarė Skaistė, Minister for Finance of the Republic of Lithuania; receives Mr Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank (EIB).

Ms Mariya Gabriel participates via videoconference in the Nuclear Roundtable on Medicine/Skills.

Mr Janez Lenarčič participates in the Second Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) on Ukraine.

Mr Paolo Gentiloni participates in the ‘European Tech Champions Initiative’ (ETCI) signature event, launched by the European Investment Bank Group (EIB and EIF) and five EU Member States (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and Spain).

Ms Jutta Urpilainen hosts a virtual roundtable for the CEOs of Spanish companies active in Latin America and the Caribbean; receives Mr Julius Maada Bio, President of Sierra Leone; receives Ms Caroline Gennez, Minister for Development Cooperation and Urban Policy of Belgium; receives Ms Annika Saarikko, Minister of Finance of Finland; receives the Finnish Blue Book Trainees; receives Mr Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank; receives Mr Azali Assoumani, President of Comoros.

Ms Kadri Simson in Cairo, Egypt: participates in the EGYPS 2023 Strategic Conference; meets with Mr Tarek El Molla, Minister for Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Egypt; holds a meeting to implement the trilateral Gas Memorandum of Understanding with the European Union, Egypt and Israel; delivers a keynote speech at the Opening of the EGYPS 2023 Strategic Conference; participates in the panel discussion ‘Managing supply and demand in volatile times – supporting global economies and energy security’; meets with Mr Osama Mobarez, Secretary General of East Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF).

Ms Mairead McGuinness in Dublin, Ireland: meets with representatives of  ‘Brokers Ireland’ –  a representative body for Insurance brokers; attends the launch event of the ‘2050 Challenge and Future Digital Challenge’ organised by Science Foundation Ireland under the National Challenge Fund – established under the country´s National Recovery and Resilience Plan.