Meetings of EU Commission Members on 16 April 2024

President Ursula von der Leyen visits the Representation of the Free State of Bavaria to the European Union;: delivers the speech at the High-level Conference on the European Pillar of Social Rights in La Hulpe, Belgium.

Ms Margrethe Vestager participates in an Interview at POLITICO Live’s Tech & AI Summit; meets with Mr Eric POL, Chairman of MyData; speaks at Orgalim reception.

Mr Josep Borrell receives Mr Fernando Clavijo Batlle, President of the Canary Islands government.

Mr Maroš Šefčovič holds a roundtable with the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers.

Mr Margaritis Schinas in Ancient Olympia, Greece: participates in the lighting ceremony of the Olympic Flame for the XXXIII Summer Olympic Games ‘Paris 2024′.

Mr Nicolas Schmit gives a keynote speech at the high level conference on the European Pillar of Social Rights, organised by the Belgian Presidency of the Council at La Hulpe, Belgium; attends the State banquet in honour of the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, in Brussels.

Mr Paolo Gentiloni in Washington DC, United States (until 19/04): Participates in the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring Meetings.

Mr Janusz Wojciechowski receives Mr Fernando Clavijo Batlle, President of the Canary Islands; speaks via videoconference with Mr Carlos Mazón, President of the Region of Valencia of Spain; receives representatives from Jeunes Agriculteurs.

Mr Thierry Breton in Finland: (Helsinki) meets with Mr Alexander Stubb, President of Finland; meets with Mr Antti Häkkänen, Minister for Defence of Finland; (Hameenlinna) visits the Patria premises.

Ms Elisa Ferreira participates and delivers a keynote speech in the event ‘Just Transition Platform’ in Brussels.

Ms Stella Kyriakides in Cambridge, United Kingdom: delivers a keynote speech at the Lancet Breast Cancer Commission Report launch.

Mr Janez Lenarčič participates in the Fourth Humanitarian Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) on Ukraine; receives Ms Iryna Vereshchuk, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine.

Ms Kadri Simson delivers a keynote speech at the 9th Just Transition Platform Conference, via videoconference call.

Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius in Athens, Greece: participates in the 9th ‘Our Ocean’ Conference; delivers a keynote speech at the ‘High-level opening: Actions to save the ocean’ ; delivers a speech at the ‘Side Event on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, organised by High Seas Alliance; meets with Mr Alberto van Klaveren, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Chile; visits the cleaning boat ‘Typhoon’ (cleaning of inaccessible shores).

Ms Mairead McGuinness in San Francisco, United States (until 17/04): meets with Ms Mary Daly, President of the San Francisco Federal Reserve; meets with Mr John Collison, President and co-Founder of Stripe; meets with Senior Executives of Paypal; delivers a lecture on financial literacy and participates in a fireside chat with Ms Annamaria Lusardi, at the colloquium ‘Why we need to talk about money: financial literacy in the EU’ organised by the Standford Graduate School of Business.

Ms Iliana Ivanova in Liège, Belgium: participates in the EU Sport Forum 2024; delivers a video message at the European Open Science Cloud Tripartite event, organised by the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union; delivers a video message at the conference ‘Unity in Diversity? Culture, Heritage and Identity in Europe’, organised by the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.