Meetings of EU Commission Members on 23 October 2023

President Ursula von der Leyen in Aachen, Germany: delivers a speech at the 20th Aachener Krönungsmahl 2023.

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis receives Mr Siegfried Russwurm, President of BDI/BDA, The German Business Representation.

Mr Maroš Šefčovič in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: delivers an opening speech at the Saudi-EU Investment Forum and participates in a plenary session and panel of the forum dedicated to the Clean Energy Transition and Net-Zero Industries.

Ms Vĕra Jourová speaks at the High-Level Event on Elections Vote for the Future of Europe: support for participation and turnout for the 2024 elections to the European Parliament; receives Ms Marija Pejčinović Burić, Secretary General of the Council of Europe; meets, via video conference, with Mr Nick Clegg, President for Global Affairs of Meta; and meets with a group of 20 young Czech politicians.

Ms Dubravka Šuica delivers a keynote speech via videoconference for the event ‘Public Libraries Democracy Camp: The Future of Europe for Public Libraries’, organised by Public Libraries 2030.

Mr Magaritis Schinas receives Mr Morissanda Kouyaté, Foreign Affairs Minister of Guinea; meets, via videoconference, Ms Amy Pope, Director General of International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Mr Nicolas Schmit in Seville, Spain: participates in a conference organised by the Spanish Presidency “Automatic Mutual Recognition of Vocational Training Qualifications”, marking the start of this year’s European VET Week; visits the Joint Research Centre (JRC).

Mr Paolo Gentiloni participates in the InvestEU Guarantee Agreement signature event with the Hungarian promotional institution ‘Garantiqa Hitelgarancia Zrt’ (Garantiqa).

Ms Elisa Ferreira in Luxembourg: delivers a keynote speech at the EIB ‘Cohesion Conference – Challenges and Opportunities‘ on the topic ‘Innovative methodological approaches to evaluations, particularly in the context of new data sources’; meet with EIB Vice-President, Mr Kyriacos Kakouris.

Mr Didier Reynders and Ms Kadri Simson hosts an event on the Commission’s efforts to tackle energy poverty and boost consumers protection ahead of the winter, in Brussels; participates in the Roundtable meeting with Secretary Generals and CEOs of the Electrification Alliance; delivers a keynote speech at the Electrification Alliance Award ceremony, in Brussels.

Ms Mairead McGuinness in Dublin, Ireland:  meets with Mr David McRedmond, CEO of An Post; participates in a panel discussion at the Risk in Conversation 2023 organised by Allied Irish Banks (AIB)