Meetings of EU Commission Members on 21 September 2023

President Ursula von der Leyen in New York, United States: delivers a keynote speech at the Global Citizen NOW climate session.

Mr Maroš Šefčovič in New York, United States: represents the EU at the COP28 Incoming Presidency Ministerial Consultation on the Global Stocktake; participates in a roundtable with CEOs on ‘Accelerating the net zero transition’, organised by Bloomberg and the University of Cambridge; participates in the Third High-Level Dialogue on ‘Building a 1.5C-aligned energy transition’.

Mr Nicolas Schmit in Santiago de Compostela, Spain (until 22/09): attends High Level Conference organised by the Spanish Presidency “The future of work and social dialogue”; meets Mr Alberto Núñez Feijóo, President of the Xunta and the regional ministers of Finance and Public Administration, Social Policy, Health and Promotion of Employment and Equality; visits EU-funded social projects.

Mr Paolo Gentiloni receives Mr Octavian Armasu, Governor of the National Bank of Moldova; delivers a video message at the 7ª edition of Giornate dell’Energia e dell’Economia circolare di Trevi, in Perugia, Italy; delivers a video message at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia 20 years event, in Genoa, Italy.

M. Janusz Wojciechowski à Bialystok, en Pologne : participe au Forum international des coopératives laitières.

Mme Stella Kyriakides reçoit M. Luis Planas, ministre espagnol de l’agriculture, de la pêche et de l’alimentation.

Mr Janez Lenarčič in New-York, United States:  meets Mr. Johan Forssell, Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, Sweden; meets Mr Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the United Nations; delivers a speech during the EU-hosted ministerial-level event on broadening the donor base; meets Ms Deike Potzel, Head of Department for Crisis Prevention, Stabilisation and Humanitarian Action, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Germany; delivers a speech during the EU-cosponsored ministerial-level event: “Closing the gap: accelerating climate action in fragile and vulnerable contexts”.

Ms Kadri Simson delivers a keynote speech at the inauguration ceremony of an agrisolar demonstration ‘Agricultural canopy’, followed by a site visit, in the Somme Region (France).

Ms Mairead McGuinness in Ireland (until 22/09): attends the National Ploughing Championship, in Ratheniska, Co Laois; meets with representatives of AbbVie Pharmaceutical Company, in Dublin.