Meetings of EU Commission Members on 29 November 2022

President Ursula von der Leyen receives Ms Manuela Schwesig, Minister-President of the Federal State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Mr Frans Timmermans receives Mr Wouter Koolmees, President of Dutch Railways and former Dutch Deputy Vice-Minister and Minister for social affairs and employment; delivers the opening Speech at the High-level event on the EU methane regulation after REPowerEU, organised by Clean Air Task Force and Euractiv.

Ms Margrethe Vestager delivers a keynote speech at the AmCham EU’s 10th Annual Transatlantic Digital Economy Conference; receives Ms Christa Schweng, President of the European Economic and Social Committee.

Mr Josep Borrell delivers a keynote address at the Brussels Indo-Pacific Forum; receives Mr Jeremiah Manele, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade of the Salomon Islands.

Ms Vĕra Jourová meets Mr Simonas Kairys, Minister for Culture of Lithuania; receives Hungarian teachers and students.

Mr Margaritis Schinas meets with a delegation of Greek mayors.

Ms Dubravka Šuica delivers a pre-recorded speech for the opening of the Ashoka’s Changemaker Summit; receives Mr Reinhard Sager, President of the German County Association, and six other Heads of German counties to discuss demographic trends; receives Mr János Csák, Minister for Culture and Innovation of Hungary; delivers a keynote speech at a high-level conference ‘Supporting Parliamentary Democracy Worldwide: Building democratic resilience’, organised by the Directorate for Democracy Support of the European Parliament.

Ms Mariya Gabriel delivers a keynote speech, via pre-recorded video message, at the conference ‘Ambition Europe’; delivers a keynote speech, via pre-recorded video message, at the Women’s Forum Global Meeting in Paris; delivers a keynote speech, via pre-recorded video message, at the 1^st EU-Korea Women in Science and Technology Forum; participates in the Informal Ministerial lunch debate with Sport Ministers focusing on the ‘Lack of qualified physical education professionals in formal school education’, in Brussels.

Mr Nicolas Schmit in Prague, Czechia: meets with Mr Mikuláš Bek, Minister for European Affairs; meets with members of the EU and Social Policy Committee of the Chamber of Deputies; meets with social partners.

Mr Paolo Gentiloni receives Ms Christa Schweng, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC); holds a videoconference with Mr Carlo Cimbri, President of Unipol Group; receives Mr Gennaro Sangiuliano, Italian Minister of Culture; participates in the event ‘Pathway to European Defence between global challenges and technological sovereignty’.

Mr Janusz Wojciechowski in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal: participates in a session to present Portugal’s CAP Strategic Plan; visits World of Wine cultural district.

Ms Elisa Ferreira participates in a webinar with Mr Constantinos Yiorkadjis, Mayor of Nicosia, to present CYENS Centre of Excellence, Research and Innovation – RISE HORIZON 2020.

Ms Stella Kyriakides receives the members of the EU Scientific Advice Platform on COVID-19.

Ms Helena Dalli holds a meeting with Mental Health Europe; delivers a keynote speech, via videoconference, at the Annual DiversIT Conference on Gender Equality in Tech; delivers a keynote speech, via videoconference, on the Mutual Learning seminar on Sexual Rights and Reproductive Health.

Mr Janez Lenarčič receives Ms Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).

Ms Adina Vălean holds a meeting, via videoconference, with Mr Georges Gilkinet, Minister for Mobility of Belgium; delivers the opening speech at the launch event of the Drone Strategy 2.0.

Mr Olivér Várhelyi in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Serbia.

Ms Jutta Urpilainen receives Mr Petri Honkonen, Minister for Science and Culture of Finland; takes part in a policy dialogue in the framework of the European Year of Youth 2022; participates in the ACP-EU Council of Ministers meeting; meets with a group of Århus Kurset 2022 journalists; gives a speech at the anniversary reception of the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities’ Brussels office; receives Ms Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Minister of State for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships of France; receives Mr Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh, Minister for Economy and Finance of Djibouti; receives the board of Sitra.

Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius attends the Green City Accord High-level Signatory session, in Brussels.

Ms Mairead McGuinness delivers the opening speech at the Climate Resilience Dialogue (CRD) organised by DG Fisma; delivers a keynote speech at the virtual conference ‘Audit goes green – reliability of Corporate Sustainability Information’ organised by the Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer in Deutschland e.V. (IDW); meets, via videoconference, with members of the Pan European Insurance Forum (PEIF); meets, via videoconference, with Mr Laurent Mignon, Chair, and members of the Executive Committee of the French Banking Federation (FBF); receives Mr Emmanuel Faber, Chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) of the IFRS Foundation; meets, via videoconference, with Mr Andreas Brandstetter, President of Insurance Europe; receives Ms Petra Hielkema, Chair of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA).