Meetings of EU Commission Members on 14 November 2023

President Ursula von der Leyen receives Mr Jörg Dittrich, President of the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts and Small Businesses.

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis hosts the Business Roundtable on Economic Security.

Mr Maroš Šefčovič delivers an opening speech at the 2023 annual ESPAS conference; meets with Mr Kanat Sharlapayev, Minister of Industry and Construction of Kazakhstan; delivers an opening speech for the Partnership Forum event at the Commission’s Critical Raw Materials Week; receives a delegation from the British Chambers of Commerce.

Ms Vĕra Jourová meets via video conference with Mr Robert Kyncl, CEO of Warner Music Group; receives Ms Madeleine de Cock Buning, Vice President of Netflix.

Mr Johannes Hahn receives Ms Jessika Roswall, Minister for EU Affairs of Sweden; receives a group of Local Councellors for Europe from Austria.

Mr Nicolas Schmit in San Sebastián, Spain: participates in the second day of the conference organised by the Spanish Presidency of the Council: “European conference on social economy: People, Planet, Action”.

Mr Paolo Gentiloni delivers a speech at the Annual Research Conference 2023 organised by DG ECFIN; receives the ‘Italy – Europe 2023 Award’ by Gruppo di Iniziativa Italiana (GII).

Mr Janusz Wojciechowski speaks via videoconference at the 11th National Agricultural Challenges Conference.

Ms Elisa Ferreira hosts and participates in the meeting of the 8th Meeting of the Group of high-level specialists on the future of Cohesion Policy, in Brussels.

Ms Stella Kyriakides delivers a keynote speech at the UNCAN.eu closing event: Towards A European Federated Cancer Research Data Hub;  holds a videoconference call with Mr Mark Holland, Minister for Health of Canada; and holds a videoconference call with Ms Vanessa Kerry, WHO Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health.

Ms Helena Dalli, in Madrid, Spain: joins the International Conference on Gender Equality organised by the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU.

M. Janez Lenarčič reçoit Mme Ilze Brands Kehris, sous-secrétaire générale aux droits de l’homme et Directrice du Bureau du Haut-Commissariat aux droits de l’homme de New York (OHCHR).

Ms Ylva Johansson in Stockholm, Sweden: meets with Mr Andreas Norlén, Speaker of the Swedish Riksdag; presents the Commission Work Programme to the Swedish Riksdag.

Ms Jutta Urpilainen in Apia, Samoa (until 15/11): participates in the signing ceremony of the OACPS-EU agreement (‘Post-Cotonou agreement’).

Ms Kadri Simson delivers a keynote speech via videoconference at the “ReBuild Ukraine” International Conference; delivers an opening speech at the Euroheat & Power Summit; delivers a keynote speech and participates in a panel discussion at “The European offshore wind industry: a wake-up call” event; delivers an Opening statement and holds a debate with the members of the European Parliament of Enterprises at the event session – “Navigating the Energy Crisis“, in Brussels.

Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius à La Réunion, France: participe à une sortie en mer sur le navire de pêche «Are Nui»; visite du navire OSIRIS II; rencontre des représentants des secteurs de la pêche et de l’aquaculture de La Réunion; rencontre Mme Florence Jeanblanc-Risler, préfète des Terres australes et antarctiques françaises (TAAF).

Ms Mairead McGuinness in Singapore (until 16/11): meets with Mr Lawrence Wong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance of Singapore; chairs the roundtable ‘Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and tokenised money: Complements or competitors?’ of the Elevandi Insights Forum; participates in the roundtable ‘Driving Forward the Global Sustainable Finance Revolution: EU-APAC Cooperation’ organised by Bloomberg.

Ms Iliana Ivanova delivers a keynote speech at the second edition of the Romanian Digital Day, in Brussels; receives Ms Zornica Rusinova, Chairperson of the Economic and Social Council of Bulgaria; receives Mr Athanasios Kyriazis, Secretary General for Research and Innovation of Greece; receives Mr Ruslan Stefanov, Director of the Economic Programme of the Centre for the Study of Democracy.