Meetings of EU Commission Members on 4 February 2025

President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech at the EU Ambassadors Conference 2025.

Ms Henna Virkkunen receives Mr Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; meets with a delegation of Members of the Spanish Senate and Congress; delivers a keynote speech at the final conference of Project 2KNOW: ‘Knowledge to Prevent Online Sexual Violence Against Children’.

Ms Kaja Kallas receives Mr Peter Shanel Agovaka, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Solomon Islands; receives Mr Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; receives Mr Alain Berset, Secretary-General for the Council of Europe; participates in the Core Group on the establishment of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine.

Mr Maroš Šefčovič receives Mr Omar Paganini, Minister of Foreign Relations of Uruguay, and Ms Azucena Arbeleche, Minister of Economy and Finance of Uruguay.

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis receives Mr Vasco Alves Cordeiro, President of the European Committee of the Regions; meets with members of the Team Europe of Latvia; receives Mr José Manuel Campa, Chairperson of the European Banking Authority (EBA).

Ms Dubravka Šuica meets with Mr Gilbert F. Houngbo, the Director-General of the International Labour Organization.

Mr Olivér Várhelyi receives Mr Csaba Dégi, President of the European Cancer Organisation; delivers a keynote speech at the Youth Policy Dialogue on the occasion of the World Cancer Day in Brussels; receives Mr Jens Eskelund, President of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China.

Mr Wopke Hoekstra meets with Mr Winfried Kretschmann, Minister-President and Ministers of the State of Baden-Württemberg (Germany), in the representative office of Baden-Württemberg, in Brussels.

Mr Andrius Kubilius receives Members of the Committee on National Security and Defence of the Lithuanian Parliament; receives Mr Geir Håøy, CEO of Kongsberg.

Mr Jozef Síkela receives Mr Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees; receives Mr Moses Kouni Mose, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Solomon Islands.

Mr Costas Kadis participates in the European Parliament Meeting, ‘Normandy: a key region for EU’s challenges in the fisheries sector’, hosted by MEP Stéphanie Yon- Courtin; delivers a speech via video recorded message to the 2nd annual European Blue Economy Conference; delivers a speech via video recorded message to the second edition of the European Maritime Transport Environmental Report (EMTER) 2025; receives representatives of Europêche Tuna Group; receives Mr Karmenu Vella, former Commissioner of Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.

Maria Luís Albuquerque receives Ms Petra Hielkema, Chairperson of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA); receives Dr Danyal Bayaz, Minister of Finance of Baden-Württemberg.

Ms Hadja Lahbib receives Mr Thomas Strobl, Minister of the Interior of the Land of Baden-Württemberg; receives Mr Gilbert F. Houngbo, Director-General of the International Labour Organization.

Mr Magnus Brunner receives a group of students; meets with a delegation of members of the Spanish Senate and Congress; meets with civil society organizations; and meets with Mr Fillipo Grandi, High Commissioner for Refugees at the United Nations.

Ms Jessika Roswall receives Mr Christian Danielsson, State Secretary to the Prime Minister of Sweden.

Mr Dan Jørgensen meets with representatives of the Green Power Denmark Executive Committee; receives Mr Jean-Marc Ellerman-Kingombe, Assistant Secretary General for Innovation, Hybrid and Cyber of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO); receives Mr Sebastian Burduja, Minister for Energy of Romania.

Ms Ekaterina Zaharieva receives Mr Winfried Kretschmann, Minister-President of the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg.

Mr Christophe Hansen chairs the first meeting of the European Board on Agriculture and Food; meets with members of the Spanish Congress of Deputies.

Mr Glenn Micallef participates in the Cultural Deal for Europe event ‘Culture: The Compass for Europe’s Future’.