Meetings of EU Commission Members on 23 May 2023

Mr Frans Timmermans receives Mr Dietmar Woidke, Minister-President of Brandenburg (Germany).

Mr Frans Timmermans in Utrecht, the Netherlands: attends the Captains of Innovation event on ‘Bringing consumption within planetary boundaries’ together with representatives from the food and agricultural sector.

Ms Vĕra Jourová speaks at the 5th European Parliament of Persons with Disabilities event Building an inclusive future for persons with disabilities in the EU; speaks via video conference at the European Council on Foreign Relations discussion on challenge that Russia’s war in Ukraine constitutes for European culture and values; receives Mr Karel Kovanda, Senior Advisor at Covington & Burling; speaks at the conference ‘5 years of the GDPR. [Still] a benchmark in the EU digital landscape?’.

Mr Margartis Schinas in Limassol, Cyprus : meets with Mrs Anita Demetriou, President of the House of Representatives.

Mr Janusz Wojciechowski delivers an opening speech at ‘Sustainability in Agriculture & Food Systems – Innovation, Indicators & Implementation’, conference organised by ReImagine-Europa in Brussels; receives Mr Spiro Stefanou, Administrator of the Economic Research Service at the US Department of Agriculture.

Ms Helena Dalli gives a keynote speech at the European Parliament of Persons with Disabilities; gives an online keynote speech at the Bucharest Leaders Summit.

Ms Jutta Urpilainen receives Ms Dominique Hasler, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Education and Sport of Liechtenstein; receives Mr Vasco Alv​​es Cordeiro, President of the European Committee of the Regions.

Ms Mairead McGuinness in London, UK: meets with Mr Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr Andrew Griffith, Economy Secretary to the Treasury;  meets with Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England;  participates in a keynote interview at the 3rd Moral Money Summit Europe organised by the Financial Times; attends a working lunch on green finance organised by the Irish Embassy.

Mr Didier Reynders participates via videoconference in the 11^th annual Forum Europe E-Commerce Conference; participates via videoconference in a colloquium organised for the 45th anniversary of CNIL; meets with Mr. Ramona Pop, Executive Director of the Federation of German Consumer Organisations (Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband – vzbv); participates in the 5th edition of the Data Science & Law Forum of Microsoft; participates in the 5th anniversary event of EDPS (European Data Protection Supervisor).