Meetings of EU Commission Members on 23 January 2024

President Ursula von der Leyen in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte and Prime Minister of Croatia Andrej Plenkovic: meets with the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency; meets with Borjana Krišto, Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers, meets with the Joint Collegium of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Parliamentary Assembly; meets with representatives of the civil society.

Ms Margrethe Vestager participe à la réception de Nouvel An tenue par Sa Majesté Philippe, Roi des Belges, à Laeken, avec Mme Dubravka Šuica, M. Paolo Gentiloni, M. Thierry Breton, Mme Stella Kyriakides, M. Virginijus Sinkevičius et M. Wopke Hoekstra ; reçoit M. Geoffrey van Leeuwen, ministre néerlandais en charge du commerce extérieur et de la coopération au développement.

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis meets Mr Geoffrey van Leeuwen, Minister for International Cooperation and International Trade of the Netherlands.

Mr Maroš Šefčovič receives representatives from CEZ and Geomet energy companies; delivers a keynote speech at the launch of the Underground Hydrogen Storage Alliance; delivers a keynote speech at the 16th European Space Conference; meets with Mr Peter Pellegrini, Speaker of the National Council of Slovakia; meets with Mr Zdeněk Nekula, Minister of Agriculture of Czechia.

Mr Josep Borrell co-chairs the EU-Egypt Association Council, together with Mr Sameh Shoukry, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Egypt.

Ms Věra Jourová speaks at the at the Book talk entitled ‘Protection of journalists in the European Union’; speaks at the Czech Female Network meeting.

Ms Dubravka Šuica delivers a keynote speech and participates in the Q&A session at the European Policy Centre Brussels Breakfast Event;  participates in Generali Talks, organised by Assicurazioni Generali SPA; delivers a keynote speech via video message for the evening event of the Berlin Demography Days ‘Escaping the crisis paradox together‘, organised by Diakonie Deutschland and Population Europe.

Mr Margaritis Schinas delivers opening remarks at the Holocaust Remembrance Conference.

Mr Paolo Gentiloni delivers opening speech at the High Level InvestEU event in Brussels; receives Ms Nadia Calviño, President of European Investment Bank (EIB); participates in the book ‘Scintille’ presentation event.

Mr Johannes Hahn in Vienna, Austria: delivers a keynote speech at the Wintertagung 2024, organized by the Ökosoziale Forum Österreich & Europa; delivers a keynote speech via videoconference at the ‘CDU/MIT-Wirtschaftskonferenz’.

Mr Nicolas Schmit receives representatives from the cities of Lyon, Ghent, Lodz, Munich and Barcelona to discuss housing policies.

M. Thierry Breton prononce un discours lors de la 16e conférence sur l’espace organisée à Bruxelles ; reçoit Mme Milena Stoycheva, ministre bulgare en charge de l’innovation et de la croissance ; reçoit Mme Anna Christmann, coordinatrice de la politique spatiale du gouvernement fédéral allemand.

Ms Elisa Ferreira hosts the 10th Meeting of the Group of High-Level specialists on the Future of Cohesion Policy; participates in the dinner of the High-level event ‘A European Urban Policy Fit For The Future‘ under the auspices of Belgium EU Presidency.

Ms Stella Kyriakides receives the Mayor of Nicosia, Mr Constantinos Yiorkadjis.

Ms Ylva Johansson meets with Ghada Waly, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Mr Janez Lenarčič participates in High-level Conference ‘The Protection of children in Armed conflict’ organized by the European Parliament Intergroup on Children’s Rights and the Universities Network for Children in Armed Conflict in Brussels.

Ms Kadri Simson in Brussels: delivers an opening keynote speech at the Second Plenary Meeting of the Investors Dialogue on Energy; delivers an opening keynote speech at the ENTSO-E launch event for the Offshore Network Development plant; delivers a keynote speech at the European Renewable Energies Federation event.

Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius delivers a keynote speech at the 16th European Space Conference hosted in Brussels.

Ms Mairead McGuinness receives Mr Tony Murphy, President of the Court of Auditors; receives a delegation of the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland.

Mr Wopke Hoekstra attends the New year’s event of the VNO-NCW Dutch employers’ federation hosted in Brussels.

Ms Iliana Ivanova in Luxembourg: meets with Mr Eric Thill, Minister for Culture of Luxembourg.