Meetings of EU Commission members on 21 March 2023

Mr Frans Timmermans in Copenhagen, Denmark: participates in the Copenhagen Climate Ministerial.

Mr Frans Timmermans receives members of the Polish Parliament; meets with the board of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA),  in Brussels, Belgium; and meets with Mr Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General.

Ms Margrethe Vestager delivers a keynote speech at the 20th anniversary celebration of the European Digital Rights network (EDRi), in Brussels.

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis meets via videoconference with Mr Geraldo Alckmin, Vice-President and Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade of Brazil; receives Mr Axel Eggert, Director General of the European Steel Association (EUROFER).

Ms Vĕra Jourová meets with Members of Polish Parliament.

Ms Dubravka Šuica  in New York, United States: meets with Mr António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; meets with Mr Olof Skoog, Head of the EU Delegation to the United Nations; participates in the China-Europe Water Platform High-Level Dialogue Conference; participates in a reception hosted by King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and Mr Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan.

M. Margaritis Schinas reçoit M. Michael Miebach, PDG de Mastercard ; reçoit des étudiants de l’école nationale grecque d’administration publique ; reçoit M. Abbas Halabi, ministre de l’éducation et de l’enseignement supérieur du Liban.

Ms Mariya Gabriel in San Francisco, USA (until 24/03): on official visit.

Mr Nicolas Schmit receives Ms Marina Elvira Calderone, Minister for Labour and Social Policy of Italy; attends a dinner organised by the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and BusinessEurope, in Brussels.

Mr Paolo Gentiloni receives Ms Marina Elvira Calderone, Minister of Labour and Social Policies of Italy; receives Mr Michael Miebach, CEO of Mastercard; receives Mr Matthew Brown, Apple Operations Lead.

Mr Janusz Wojciechowski delivers a speech at ‘Energy effective solutions for the EU’, conference organised by Business & Science Poland, Brussels.

M. Thierry Breton reçoit M. Luca De Meo, PDG de l’Association des constructeurs européens d’automobiles (ACEA) et PDG du groupe Renault, et M. Martin Lundstedt, PDG du groupe Volvo

Ms Elisa Ferreira receives Mr Georgios Gerapetritis, Minister of Infrastructure and Transport of Greece; receives Mr Constantinos Kombos, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus; receives a high-level group of Polish Parliamentarians members of the Committee for EU Affairs.

Ms Stella Kyriakides delivers a speech to the event ‘A comprehensive approach to mental health in Europe: plan, act, change’ co-organised by the Coalition for Mental Health and Wellbeing and the MEP Alliance for Mental Health; receives Mr Konstantinos Kombos, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus.

Mme Helena Dalli prononce un discours lors de l’ouverture officielle de la semaine contre le racisme et pour la diversité et sur la lutte contre la misogynie en ligne à l’encontre des femmes actives en politique au Parlement européen ; elle rencontre M. Vandormael, PDG de Mastercard.

Mr Janez Lenarčič meets H.R.H. Queen Mathilde of the Belgians; meets Mr Jan Egeland,  Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council; meets Mr Philippe Lazzarini , Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA); meets Ms Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); participates in the Closing session of the European Humanitarian Forum (EHF)

Ms Adina Vălean receives Mr Georgios Gerapetritis, Minister for Transport of Greece.

Mr Olivér Várhelyi receives Mr Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary; receives Mr Ilia Darchiashvili, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia; receives Ms Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross; receives Dr Abbas Salim al-Halabi, Minister of Education of Lebanon; receives a group of Polish Members of Parliament; receives Ms Olha Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine; receives Mr Constantinos Kombos, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus; receives Ms Sara Pantuliano, Chief Executive of ODI Europe; receives Sir Suma Chakrabarti, Chair of ODI Europe; delivers a keynote speech at the Conference ‘New EU accession perspectives for the Western Balkans in a changed geopolitical environment’ of the Hanns-Seidel Foundation.

Mme Jutta Urpilainen participe à la Journée de l’égalité de CONCORD ; rencontre Achim Steiner, administrateur du Programme des Nations unies pour le développement (PNUD) ; intervient au Forum Schuman sur la sécurité et la défense ; reçoit Mme Charlotte Slente, secrétaire générale du Conseil danois pour les réfugiés ; assiste virtuellement au 11e Forum fiscal africain ; intervient au Forum pharmaceutique de haut niveau UE-ALC.

Ms Kadri Simson receives Mr Péter Szijjártó, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary;  receives Members of the National Polish Parliament from the Committee for EU Affairs; receives Mr Ilia Darchiashvili, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Georgia; and holds a meeting with offshore foundation manufacturers and vessel operators, in Brussels, Belgium.

Ms Mairead McGuinness receives Ms Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross; meets with the board of Financial Service Ireland (FSI), IBEC’s financial services trade association; speaks at the event: ‘The EU’s Open Finance Framework – A Gamechanger?’ hosted by Frances Fitzgerald, Member of the European Parliament; speaks at the launch of the PwC CEO Report; attends in Brussels the event on the occasion of Saint Patrick’s Day, organised by IBEC and hosted by Sean Kelly, Member of the European Parliament.