Meetings of EU Commission Members on 1 December 2022

President Ursula von der Leyen in Ireland: meets with President Higgins; meets with Taoiseach Martin; delivers an address to the Joint Houses of the Oireachtas; receives the Peter Sutherland Leadership Award.

Mr Frans Timmermans participates, via videoconference, in the European Resource Forum 2022 organised by the German Environment Agency; receives Mr Gilbert Houngbo, the International Labour Organisation Director-General; delivers the opening speech during the high-level closing plenary session ‘The 15-year City: From Audacity to Action’ at the POLIS 2022 Conference, in Brussels; receives Mr Dukgeun Ahn, Minister for Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea; receives Mr Jan Peter Balkenende, former Dutch Prime Minister and Associate Partner at Hague Corporate Affairs; receives the European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils Network on sustainable food systems; receives Mr Carsten Spohr, CEO of Lufthansa Group; delivers closing remarks at the European Policy Centre Jubilee conference: “The EU’s Reckoning with Power”, in Brussels.

Ms Margrethe Vestager in Paris, France: delivers a keynote speech at the OECD Global Forum on Competition; meets with Mr Mathias Cormann, Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Mr Josep Borrell in Łódź, Poland: participates in the 29th OSCE Ministerial Council and holds bilateral meetings in the margins; in Warsaw: participates in an event organised by the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM).

Ms Vĕra Jourová in Czechia: speaks at the Eastern Partnership Media Conference; meets with Mr Miloš Vystrčil, President of the Senate of the Parliament of Czechia; meets with Ms Olga Richterová, Vice-President of Chamber of Deputies of Czechia and attends a discussion with students ‘Thanks That We Can: Where Europe Ends?’.

Mr Margaritis Schinas meets with Mr Vasco Alves Cordeiro, President of the European Committee of the Regions; participates in the Committee of the Region Plenary Session on the European Year of Youth; delivers a keynote speech at the 5^th European Education Summit; delivers a lecture, via videoconference, to master students from LUISS University; delivers a speech at the Europeactive #Beactive day; meets with representatives from the College of Europe Alumni Association; receives Mr Gilbert Houngbo, ILO Director General.

Ms Dubravka Šuica delivers a speech at the conference ‘Cities and Mental Health’, organised by Eurocities and the City of Nantes.

Ms Mariya Gabriel participates in the 5^th European Education Summit, in Brussels.

Mr Nicolas Schmit in Perl, Germany: participates in the German Conference of Regional Ministers of Employment and Social Affairs (ASMK, Arbeits-und Sozialministerkonferenz).

Mr Nicolas Schmit in Remich, Luxembourg: participates in a Youth Dialogue at the Maison des jeunes in Remich; participates in an event organised by the Commission’ Representation about improving working conditions for people working through digital labour platforms.

Mr Paolo Gentiloni in Rome, Italy (until 3/12): participates in the MoltoEconomia event; participates in the Trilateral Business Forum.

Ms Elisa Ferreira participates in the Regional Science association online seminar on Innovation; addresses the French Prefects.

Ms Helena Dalli delivers a keynote speech, via videoconference, at the Post War Innovative Transformations of Ukraine; delivers a keynote speech, via videoconference, at the Accessibility Fair and Awareness Summit; holds a meeting with students from the University of Malta.

Mr Janez Lenarčič addresses the Members of the Slovenian Parliament during their visit to the European Commission; receives Mr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO); participates virtually in the 2023 Global Humanitarian Overview launch, event organised by UN OCHA; visits the ERCC with French Prefects.

Mr Olivér Várhelyi receives Mr Barna Zsigmond, Deputy Head of the Hungarian delegation to the Committee on Foreign Affairs; receives Mr Rashad Nabiyev, Minister of Digital Development and Transport of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Ms Jutta Urpilainen participates in the second annual structured dialogue of the EU Gender Action Plan III (GAPIII); receives Mr Gilbert F. Houngbo, Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius meets a group of NGOs (PAN Europe, Corporate Europe Observatory, PublicEye, HEAL and SumOfUs); meets, via videoconference, with representatives of Inditex to discuss circular business models.