Meetings of EU Commission Members on 27 October 2023

President Ursula von der Leyen participates in the European Council meeting.

Ms Vĕra Jourová in Sofia, Bulgaria: meets with Ms Mariya Gabriel, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs; meets with Mr Atanas Slavov, Minister for Justice; meets with Ms Pavlina Panova, President of the Constitutional Court and with members of the Bulgarian Coalition against Disinformation; attends the Joint meeting of the European Affairs Committee and Legislative and Constitutional Affairs Committee of the Parliament; and speaks at the Balkan Constitutional Courts Forum.

Ms Dubravka Šuica in Dubrovnik, Croatia: meets with Mr Thomas Schmidt, Minister for Regional Development of Saxony; delivers a keynote speech for the event ‘Ten years of Croatia’s successful EU membership: Cohesion, Resilience, and Economic development for stronger Regions and Cities’, organised by the EPP Group in the Committee of the Regions.

Mr Nicolas Schmit à Luxembourg: participe à un évènement organisé par la Commission européenne : « Défis et opportunités : L’Année européenne des compétences au Luxembourg ».

Mr Thierry Breton in Dakar, Senegal: participates in the EU-African Union Space Dialogue.

Ms Elisa Ferreira Ms Elisa Ferreira in Vigo, Spain: meets with the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) Galicia-Norte de Portugal.

Ms Elisa Ferreira in Tui, Spain: meets with local stakeholders from the Portugal-Spain cross border area.

Ms Elisa Ferreira in Porto, Portugal: delivers a keynote speech at the closing session of the Conference ‘PRR no Ensino Superior – Reforço da Ambição’ organised by the Secretary of State for Higher Education of Portugal at Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar.

Ms Stella Kyriakides in Zagreb, Croatia (until 28/10): meets with Mr Vili Beroš, Minister of Health of Croatia; visits an oncology centre.

Mr Janez Lenarčič receives Mr Espen Barth-Eide, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Norway.

Ms Kadri Simson receives Mr Oleksiy Chernyshov, CEO of Naftogaz (Ukraine); delivers a keynote speech at the EU-Morocco green partnership event – ‘A common green horizon: Exploiting the full potential of the EU-Morocco Green Partnership’.

Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius in Congo (until 28/10): participates in the Three Basin Summit; participates in the signing ceremony for the roadmap of the EU-Congo Forest partnership; delivers an opening speech at the Ministerial Meeting.

Ms Mairead McGuinness in Ireland: delivers a speech at Davy Stockbrokers Annual Conference; speaks at the event ‘Innovation & Competitiveness: 30 Years of the Single Market’ co-organised by European Movement Ireland and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung; delivers a keynote speech at the Bank of Ireland event celebrating 50 years of Ireland’s membership of the EU.

Mr Wopke Hoekstra delivers an opening speech and participates in the high-level panel at the European Climate Stocktake; receives Mr Espen Barth Eide, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Norway.