European Commission - Commissioners' weekly activities
CALENDRIER du 24 au 30 novembre 2014
Brussels, 21 November 2014
Déplacements et visites
Lundi 24 novembre
European Parliament plenary session, Strasbourg (24-27/11)
Mr Karmenu Vella receives the Green 10 Directors
Mr Christos Stylianides and Mr Tibor Navracsics receive Mr Costas Kadis, Minister of Education and Culture of Cyprus
Mr Tibor Navracsics receives Ms Dace Melbarde, Minister of Culture of Latvia
Mr Tibor Navracsics receives Mr Vezhdi Rashidov, Minister of Culture of Bulgaria
Mardi 25 novembre
College meeting
EYCS Council
President Juncker is granted an audience with His Holiness, Pope Francis, Strasbourg
Mr Neven Mimica participates in the EU-China Development Dialogue in China
Mercredi 26 novembre
Mr Andrus Ansip receives the CEOs of the European Retail Round Table
Mr Maroš Šefčovič travels to Kazakhstan to participate at the meeting of the Energy Charter and to Azerbaijan to meet the President and members of the government on the Southern Gas Corridor (26- 28/11)
Mr Neven Mimica participatesin the EU-China Development Dialogue in China. He meets Gao Hucheng, Minister of Commerce and Wang Chao, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs in Beijing
Mr Pierre Moscovici meets with French mayors at 97ème Congrès des Maires & Présidents d’intercommunalités de France, concluding remarks: "Europe : la nouvelle voix des élus locaux", Paris, France
Mr Christos Stylianides delivers the closing address at the Annual Conference of the European Commission and its humanitarian partners, Brussels
Ms Elżbieta Bieńkowska receives a group of CEOs of the European Retail Round Table
Ms Margrethe Vestager receives Ms Urve Palo, Estonian Minister for Economic Affairs and Infrastructure
Jeudi 27 novembre
TTE Council
Ms Federica Mogherini and Dimitris Avrampolous participate in the 4th Euro-African Ministerial Conference on Migration and Development, Rabat Process, Rome, Italy Ms Federica Mogherini participates in the Informal joint meeting of EU Foreign and Home Affairs Ministers
Ms Federica Mogherini opens the 4th Euro-African Ministerial Conference on Migration and Development, Rabat Process, Rome
Mr Andrus Ansip receives Ms Axelle Lemaire, French Deputy Minister for Digital Affairs
Mr Johannes Hahn on official visit to Ukraine
Ms Cecilia Malmström in Stockholm: meets with the Swedish Government; meets with food producers
Mr Neven Mimica participates in the EU-China Development Dialogue in China. He meets with Wang Weiguang, President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Hu Huaibang, Chairman of China Development Bank (CDB) in Beijing. He gives a speech at the Opening Ceremony of 2014 EU China High Level Cultural Forum entitled "Towards Post-2015 World" as well at the China International Development and Research Network (CIDRN) in Beijing.
Mr Miguel Arias Cañete receives the Swedish Energy Minister, Mr Ibrahim Baylan
Mr Karmenu Vella participates in Maritime Spatial Planning Conference in Venice
1Mr Jonathan Hill receives Mr Wim Mijs, Chief Executive of the European Banking Federation
Ms Vĕra Jourová in Berlin: meets with Mr Thomas de Maizière, Minister of the Interior; Mr Heiko Maas, Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection; Ms Manuela Schwesig, Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
Mr Tibor Navracsics meets with Ms Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, Minister of Education of France, Paris
Ms Margrethe Vestager receives Mr Henrik Sass Larsen, Danish Minister for Business and Growth
Ms Margrethe Vestager receives Ms Ioana Petrescu, Romanian Minister of Public Finance
Mr Carlos Moedas on an official visit to Berlin: meets with Ms Johanna Wanka, Federal Minister of Education and Research and Mr Georg Schütte, State Secretary of Germany;meets with Mr Kaufmann, former Chairman of the Bundestag Committee for Education, Research and Technological Impact Assessment and Ms. Lips, Chairman of the Bundestag Committee for Education, Research and Technological Impact Assessment;meets with Mr Neugebauer, President of Fraunhofer Gesellschaft; meets with Mr Matthias Kleiner, President Leibniz-Gemeinschaft; gives welcome speech at Leibniz Gemeinschaft event.
Vendredi 28 novembre
Mr Frans Timmermans receives representatives of the European Federation of Journalists
Ms Federica Mogherini opens the 4th Euro-African Ministerial Conference on Migration and Development, Khartoum Process, Rome, Italy
Mr Jyrki Katainen in Stockholm: meets with Mr Mikael Damberg, Minister for Minister for Enterprise and Innovation; meets with Swedish Trade Union leaders
Mr Johannes Hahn on official visit to Ukraine
Mr Neven Mimica participatesin the EU-China Development Dialogue in China. He meets Xu Xianping, Vice Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) in Beijing
Mr Christos Stylianides receives Mr Marios Demetriades, Minister of Communications and Works of Cyprus
Mr Tibor Navracsics visits the European Institute of Technology, Budapest
Samedi 29 novembre
Mr Neven Mimica participates in the "Sommet de la Francophonie" in Dakar, Senegal. He meets a number of African Heads of State (Benin, Burundi, Chad, Congo, Ivory Coast, Niger, Senegal, Togo) in bilateral meetings (29-30/11)
Dimanche 30 novembre
Prévisions du mois de décembre:
01/12 EPSCO (Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council)
03/12 TTE (Transport, telecommunications and energy)
04-05/12 COMPET (Competitiveness Council)
04-05/12 JHA (Justice and Home Affairs Council)
09/12 ECOFIN (Economic and Financial Council)
09/12 TTE (Transport, telecommunications and energy)
11/12 EPSCO (Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council)
12/12 FAC (Foreign Affairs Council)
12/12 EYCS (Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council)
15/12 FAC (Foreign Affairs Council), Brussels
15-16/12 AGRIFISH (Agriculture and Fisheries Council)
15-18/12 European Parliament plenary session, Strasbourg
16/12 GAC (General Affairs Council)
17/12 ENVI (Environment Council), Brussels
18-19/12 European Council (Brussels)
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