Meetings of EU Commission Members on 19 July 2023

College Seminar

President Ursula von der Leyen chairs the College seminar in preparation of the State of the Union address.

Ms Margrethe Vestager meets via videoconference with Mr Geoffrey Hinton, Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, and Mr Stuart Russell, Computer Science Professor at Berkeley University and Director of the Center for Intelligent Systems.

Ms Vĕra Jourová speaks at Re-Imagine Europa’s first edition of Valéry Giscard d’Estaing dinners ‘Media, Democracy and Polarisation’.

Mr Paolo Gentiloni in New York, USA (until 21/07): participates in the United Nations Financing for Development Forum.

Ms Adina Vălean receives Ms Dorothea von Boxberg, CEO of Brussels Airlines; and holds a meeting, via videoconference, with Mr Alain Rousset, President of Nouvelle Aquitaine Region (France), and Mr Iñigo Urkullu, President of the Basque Country.

M. Janez Lenarčič au Tchad (jusqu’au 21/07) : rencontre des représentants des partenaires humanitaires de l’UE ; rencontre des représentants de haut niveau du Tchad.

M. Olivér Várhelyi reçoit M. Volker Türk, Haut Commissaire aux droits de l’homme des Nations Unies ; reçoit Mme Luminita-Teodora Odobescu, ministre roumaines des Affaires étrangères ; reçoit M. Ilia Darchiashvili, ministre des Affaires étrangères de Géorgie

Ms Jutta Urpilainen visits New York, the United States, and participates in the UN High Level Political Forum.

Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius receives with Mr Franz Tattenbach, Minister for Environment and Energy of Costa Rica.