Meetings of EU Commission Members on 11 October 2023

College Meeting

President Ursula von der Leyen, together with Mr Bill Gates, Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, Ms Catherine Russell, UNICEF Executive Director, and Mr Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank, launches the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.

Mr Josep Borrell in Muscat, Oman: meets with his counterparts from GCC countries.

Ms Vĕra Jourová receives Mr Petro Poroshenko, Chairman of the political party European Solidarity.

Mr Maroš Šefčovič receives Mr Bill Gates, founder of Breakthrough Energy; delivers a speech at the event ‘Empowering consumers on climate change’, organised by the European Economic and Social Committee Civil Society; receives Mr Victor Ponta, former Prime Minister of Romania; receives Mr Bart Jan Hoevers, President of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG).

Mr Johannes Hahn receives Members of the Europe Committee of the Tyrol Regional Assembly; receives Mr Peter Kaiser, Governor of Carinthia.

Mr Nicolas Schmit in Vienna, Austria: meets with Mr Wolfgang Katzian, President of trade union ÖGB, and Mr Andreas Babler, party chairman of SPÖ.

Mr Thierry Breton receives Mr Ben Smith, CEO of Air France; receives Mr Salvador Illa, Leader of the opposition in Catalonia, President of the socialist parliamentary group.

Mr Paolo Gentiloni in Marrakesh, Morocco (until 14/10): participates in the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Mr Paolo Gentiloni delivers a video message at “Convegno decennale costituzione ART” – 10 years of The Italian Transport Regulation Authority.

Ms Elisa Ferreira receives Ms Ana Abrunhosa, Minister for Territorial Cohesion of Portugal; hosts the ceremony announcing this year’s RegioStars Finalists.

Ms Stella Kyriakides attends the Event “Healthy Hopes” hosted by the Bill Gates Foundation in partnership with the European Commission, the European Investment Bank and the World Health Organization; holds a bilateral meeting with Bill Gates.

Ms Adina Vălean in Bucharest, Romania: meets with Mr Sorin Grindeanu, Minister for Transport.

Ms Helena Dalli makes an online keynote speech for the Italian telecommunication company, TIM ‘4W4I: 4 Weeks 4 Inclusion’.

Ms Helena Dalli makes an online keynote speech for the ‘Budapest Forum- Building Sustainable Democracies’.

Ms Helena Dalli makes a keynote speech at Equinet AGM 2023.

Ms Dubravka Suica delivers an opening speech for the event ‘Join forces to bring Europe closer to local communities’, organised by Mr Vasco Alves Corediro, President of the European Committee of the Regions; receives Mr José Luis Sanz, Mayor of Seville; receives Ms Marga Prohens, President of People’s Party in the Balearic Islands, alongside MEP Ms Rosa Estaràs Ferragu.

Ms Kadri Simson in Beijing, China (until 13/10): delivers a keynote speech and meets with professors from the North China Electric Power University.

Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius in Croatia: meets bilaterally with Mr Andrej Plenković, Prime Minister; meets bilaterally with Ms Marija Vučković, Minister for Agriculture; meets with members of national Parliament; delivers an introductory speech at the opening of the International Donors’ Conference

on Humanitarian Demining in Ukraine.

Ms Iliana Ivanova receives Mr José Luis Sanz Ruiz, Mayor of Seville; receives Mr Bill Gates, founder of Gates Ventures.