Meetings of EU Commission Members on 18 March 2024

President Ursula von der Leyen receives Ms Viola Amherd, President of Switzerland.

Ms Margrethe Vestager speaks at the 9^th Clean Energy Summit; meets with Pierre Moscovici, First President of the French Court of Audit.

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis receives Mr Alfredo E. Pascual, Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry of Philippines.

Mr Maroš Šefčovič meets with Viola Amherd, President of the Swiss Confederation.

Mr Josep Borrell delivers a keynote speech in the opening ceremony of the European Humanitarian Forum; receives Mr Martin Griffiths, UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator.

Ms Vĕra Jourová in Seoul: speaks at the Third Summit for Democracy; meets Mr Cho Tae-yul, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Korea; meets Mr Ivan John E. Uy, Secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology of the Philippines; meets Mr Jan Marian, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.

Mr Margaritis Schinas receives Ms Nadia Calvino, President of the European Investment Bank; delivers a keynote speech at the event celebrating the 100^th anniversary of Telefonica ; receives Mr Stefano Dominioni, Executive Secretary of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe; participates in the EPP Foreign Affairs Ministers Working Breakfast.

Mr Johannes Hahn in Vienna, Austria: participates in the 9th EU Strategy for the Danube Region Speakers Conference (EUSDR-SC) Austria 2024 organised by the Parliament of Austria and the Austrian Presidency of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region.

Mr Nicolas Schmit receives Ms Marie Linder, President of the International Union of Tenants; reçoit M Pierre Moscovici, premier président de la Cour des Comptes; participates in the 10th European Summit of Regions and Cities, organised by the Committee of the Regions, in Mons.

M. Thierry Breton à Flamanville et Caen, France: visite la centrale nucléaire de Flamanville ; prononce un discours à un évènement organisé à la Chambre de Commerce et de l’Industrie de Caen, Normandie sur le thème ‘Quelle politique industrielle pour l’Europe’.

Ms Ylva Johansson in Sydney, Australia: meets with Ms Julie Inman Grant, e-Safety Commissioner for Australia;:visits the International Centre For Missing and Exploited Children Australia.

Mr Janez Lenarčič co-hosts with Ms Caroline Gennez, Minister for Development Cooperation and Urban Policy of Belgium, the European Humanitarian Forum 2024; meets Ms Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross; meets Ms Catherine Russell, UNICEF’s Executive Director and Mr Ted Chaiban, UNICEF’s Deputy Executive Director, Humanitarian Action and Supply Operations; meets Ms Virginia Gamba, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict; meets Ms McCain, Executive Director of the World Food Programme; meets Ms Charlotte Slente, Secretary-General of the Danish Refugee Council; meets Queen Mathilde of Belgium.

Ms Kadri Simson in Houston, United States, for the CERAWeek (until 19/3): delivers the opening remarks and participates in a discussion engagement at the ‘Energy Partner Informal Conversation’; participates in the luncheon and Dialogue with Ms Jennifer Granholm, Secretary for Energy of the United States; delivers a speech and participates in the panel discussion on ‘Energy: The Impact of Competition and Rivalries in a Multipolar World‘; meets with Mr Saugata Saha, President of S&P Global Commodity Insights.

Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius in Bolivia (until 19/3): meets with Ms Celinda Sosa Lunda, Minister for Foreign Affairs; meets with Mr Sergio Cusicanqui, Minister for Planification of Development; and meets with Mr Rubén Alejandro Méndez, Minister for Environment.

Ms Mairead McGuinness delivers a recorded keynote speech at the launch of the Global Money Week 2024, organised by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Ms Iliana Ivanova hosts, and delivers a keynote speech at the opening of the Research and Innovation Week; delivers a keynote speech at the Women Innovators Prize Ceremony; delivers a video message at the 10^th European Summit of Regions and Cities.; delivers a video message at the forum ‘NEXT – Empowering Future Leaders’, organised by the Italian Institute for International Political Studies, Bocconi University, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, in Brussels.