Meetings of EU Commission Members on 27 March 2023

Mr Frans Timmermans receives Mr Ottmar Edenhofer, Chair of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change; Mr Stef Blok, Member of the European Court of Auditors; meets with Dutch parliament members from the Dutch People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy at the European Parliament, in Brussels; delivers a lecture on political philosophy and the EU at Saint-Louis University, in Brussels.

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis in Riga, Latvia: meets HE Mr Egils Levits, President of Latvia; participates in the Latvian University Conference dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Latvian University Constitution; participates in the book opening ceremony – conference, titled: ‘Successful Energy Transition: Gap between Ambition and Action‘, by the University of Latvia think tank LV PEAK.

Mr Josep Borrell in the Dominican Republic: co-chairs the EU-Dominican Republic Political Dialogue; meets with Mr Luís Abinader, President of the Dominican Republic and holds a joint press conference; participates in the inauguration of the EU-funded Latin American and Caribbean Cyber-Competence Centre with Mr Joel Santo, Minister of the Presidency of the Dominican Republic.

Mr Maroš Šefčovič holds a videoconference call with Slovak and Czech representatives of AE Solar.

Ms Dubravka Šuica delivers a video message for the event ‘Making the Case for Democracy’ ahead of the Summit for Democracy organised by the EU Delegation in Washington.

Ms Vĕra Jourová attends the Hearing on the European Citizens Initiative Stop Finning – Stop the trade.

Ms Vĕra Jourová speaks at the conference ‘Shaping our Digital Future: Tackling Disinformation in the EU, case of Central and Eastern Europe’.

Ms Vĕra Jourová receives Ms Christa Schweng, President of the European Social and Economic Committee.

Ms Vĕra Jourová receives Mr Mark Gitenstein, US Ambassador to the EU.

Ms Vĕra Jourová speaks at Transatlantic Democracy Dialogue.

Mr Margaritis Schinas in Cairo, Egypt: meets with Mrs Soha El-Gendy, Minister of State for Migration and Egyptians Abroad.

Ms Mariya Gabriel in Sofia, Bulgaria: delivers an opening speech at the Day of European Authors event; visits school nr 32 and participates in a book event.

M. Paolo Gentiloni à Tunis, Tunisie : rencontre le Président de la République, M. Kais Saied ; rencontre Mme Najla Bouden, cheffe du gouvernement ; M. Nabil Ammar, ministre des affaires étrangères ; M. Samir Saied, ministre de l’économie et de la planification ; Mme Sihem Boughdiri Nemsia, ministre des finances ; et M. Marouane Abassi, gouverneur de la Banque centrale ; à un échange de vues avec des représentants du secteur privé et de la société civile tunisienne.

Mr Janusz Wojciechowski in Warsaw, Poland: meets with the Polish National Review Union of Agricultural Production Cooperatives.

Mr Thierry Breton, in Poland: on official visit.

Mme Elisa Ferreira prononce un discours d’ouverture lors du lancement de l’indice de compétitivité régionale 2.0 au Comité des régions.

M. Janez Lenarčič visite le Centre de coordination des interventions d’urgence (ERCC) avec Mme Christa Schweng, présidente du Comité économique et social européen (CESE) ; reçoit S.E. M. Jan Lipavský, ministre des affaires étrangères de la République tchèque.

Ms Kadri Simson meets with Mr German Galushchenko, Minister for Energy of Ukraine, and Ms Ebba Busch, Minister for Energy, Business and Industry Minister, and Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden, in Brussels, Belgium.

Ms Mairead McGuinness in Dublin, Ireland: delivers the opening keynote speech at the National Payments Conference 2023, organised by the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI).

Ms Mairead McGuinness participates in an event launching the second year of the Bloomberg EU Women in Finance Initiative, in Brussels.