Meetings of EU Commission Members on 24 April 2023

President Ursula von der Leyen receives Mr Jonas Gahr Støre, Prime Minister of Norway; participates in the Leaders’ Summit on offshore wind in the North Sea, hosted by Mr Alexander De Croo, Prime Minister of Belgium.

Ms Margrethe Vestager meets via videoconference with Mr Claude Turmes, Minister for Energy and Spatial Planning of Luxembourg.

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis participates in the event: ‘Integration, multilateralism and sovereignty: building a Europe fit for new global dynamics’, organised by European Central Bank and Bruegel; receives Mr Wang Wentao, Minister of Commerce of China.

Mr Maroš Šefčovič chairs an online meeting of the EU Energy Platform Steering Board.

M. Margaritis Schinas rencontre M. Javier Tebas, président de LaLiga ; prononce un discours d’ouverture lors de la cérémonie de lancement de l’Union des clubs européens (Union of European Clubs – UEC).

Ms Vĕra Jourová speaks via video conference at the presentation of Media Freedom Poll.

Mr Johannes Hahn in Katowice, Poland: delivers a keynote speech at the 15th European Economic Congress; meets Ms Magdalena Rzeczkowska, Finance Minister in Warsaw.

Ms Mariya Gabriel in Sofia, Bulgaria: participates in the Automotive & Battery Forum 2023.

Mr Nicolas Schmit in Tokyo, Japan (until 25 April): visits the SOMPO Future Care Lab a research facility dedicated to testing cutting-edge technologies and digital solutions as a way to reinvent caregiving by blending technology with a human touch; visits the Ohara Memorial Institute of Science and Labour, which is active in applied research activities addressing workplace and working life issues.

M. Paolo Gentiloni rencontre Mme Laurence Boone, secrétaire d’État française chargée de l’Europe.

Mr Thierry Breton receives Mr Kris Peeters, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank (EIB); reçoit Mme Laure de La Raudière, Présidente de l’Arcep, l’autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse; receives Mr Alain Aspect and Mr Anton Zeilinger, Nobel Prize laureates.

Ms Elisa Ferreira meets with Mr Elio Di Rupo, Minister-President of Wallonia of Belgium.

Mme Stella Kyriakides reçoit M. Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, membre de Cour des comptes européenne.

Mr Didier Reynders receives Mr. Pascual Navarro, Spanish Secretary of State for the European Union.

Ms Helena Dalli in Valletta, Malta: gives a keynote speech at the National Conference by Commission on Gender-Based Violence & Domestic Violence; meets with Robert Abela, Prime Minister of Malta; joins the Social Affairs Social Committee.

Ms Helena Dalli makes a keynote speech at the European Diversity Conference for the Fire and Rescue Services.

Mr Olivér Várhelyi meets Mr Ilia Darchiashvili, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.

Mme Jutta Urpilainen reçoit Mme Victoire Tomegah Dogbé, Premier ministre du Togo ; s’entretient, au Luxembourg, avec M. Bakhtiyor Saidov, ministre des affaires étrangères par intérim de l’Ouzbékistan.

Ms Kadri Simson in Ostend, Belgium: attends The North Sea Summit; participates in the opening of the North Sea Conference Roundtables with stakeholders; and meets with the Ministers for Energy of United Kingdom, Norway, Ireland, France, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius receives representatives of Euromines, the representative association of the European metals and minerals mining industry.

Ms Ylva Johansson gives a virtual address at a Seminar hosted by SNS on the EU’s work to tackle Organised Crime; meets with Ms Evin Cetin, Swedish Author.