Meetings of EU Commission Members on 20 February 2024

President Ursula von der Leyen in Antwerp, Belgium: attends the European Industry Summit organised by the Belgian presidency of the Council of the EU and hosted by Prime Minister of Belgium Alexander de Croo

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis receives Mr Franck Riester, Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness of France; participates in a meeting with the European Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Latvia; receives Mr Dumitru Alaiba, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization of Moldova.

Mr Josep Borrell co-chairs the EU-Georgia Association Council.

Mr Maroš Šefčovič receives Mr Daniel Risch, Prime Minister of Liechtenstein.

Ms Dubravka Šuica receives Mr Achim Steiner, United Nations Under Secretary-General and UNDP Administrator; receives Mr Mike Hodin, CEO of Global Coalition on Aging.

Mr Margaritis Schinas delivers opening remarks at the EIB Summit.

Mr Johannes Hahn receives Mr János Bóka, Minister for European Affairs of Hungary.

Mr Nicolas Schmit participates in European Economic and Social Committee Opening of the conference ‘The Housing Crisis in Europe: the way forward’; attends the Presentation of the Report by the High Level Group on Cohesion; rencontre M. Jean-Luc Gleyze, le Président du Conseil départementale de la Gironde; meets with Ms Cansel Kiziltepe, Senator for Labour, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination of Berlin; meets with Mr Brendan O’Connor, Minister for Skills and Training of Australia.

Mr Paolo Gentiloni receives Mr Michele Guerra, Mayor of Parma.

Mr Thierry Breton receives Mr Franck Riester, Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness of France; holds a videoconference call with Ms Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X; participates in the meeting of the ‘Große Lausitzrunde’ (German federal transnational municipal alliance of 56 municipalities).

Ms Elisa Ferreira hosts the presentation of the High-Level Group’s Report on the Future of Cohesion Policy in Brussels.

Ms Stella Kyriakides in Bruges, Belgium: delivers a lecture and holds an exchange with students at the College of Europe; meets with Ms Federica Mogherini, Rector of the College of Europe.

Mr Didier Reynders receives Rohit Chopra, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; receives Enrico Letta; receives a delegation of the German Eastern Business Association (Ost-Ausschuss der Deutschen Wirtschaft).

Mr Janez Lenarčič receives Mr Achim Steiner, Under Secretary-General and Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme; receives Mr Ilan Baruch, former Israeli Ambassador to South Africa and Mr Ashraf Ajrami, former Minister for Prisoners Affairs of Palestine; receives Mr Irakli Kobakhidze, Prime Minister of Georgia.

Ms Adina Vălean participates via videoconference in the G7 extraordinary Ministers’ meeting.

Mr Olivér Várhelyi receives Ms Borjana Kristo, Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina; receives Irakli Kobakhidze, Prime Minister of Georgia; receives s Jessika Roswall, Minister for European Union Affairs and Minister for Nordic Cooperation of Sweden.

Ms Jutta Urpilainen in Angola (until 23/02); attends the first ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly under the new Samoa agreement.

Ms Kadri Simson in Brussels, Belgium: delivers a keynote speech at the annual Joint Committee meeting of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Parliamentary Assembly.

Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius receives Mr Achim Steiner, United Nations Under Secretary-General.

Ms Mairead McGuinness delivers an opening address and participates in a fireside chat at the High-level conference organised by the European Commission and the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (FISMA) “Financial literacy, resilience and inclusion” 

Ms Iliana Ivanova in Berlin, Germany: attends the Honorary Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement ceremony, in honour of Mr Martin Scorsese, director, producer and screenwriter.

Ms Iliana Ivanova delivers a video address at the European Institute for Innovation and Technology (INNOVEIT) Summit; delivers a video address at the high-level conference ‘Research Perspectives on the Health Impacts of Climate Change’, organised by the European Environment Agency; delivers a video address at the European Conference on ‘Local Youth Work and Democracy’, organised by the Belgian Presidency of the European Council, in Brussels.

Mr Wopke Hoekstra speaks, via videoconference, with Mr Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States and founder and chairman of The Climate Reality Project.