European Commission - Weekly activities

Calendrier du 9 mars au 15 mars 2020

Brussels, 6 March 2020

(Susceptible de modifications en cours de semaine) Déplacements et visites

Lundi 9 mars 2020 President , together with Mr , President of the , meets Mr Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of . Ms Margrethe Vestager in Copenhagen, Denmark: delivers a speech at the 6th edition of the Ring the Bell ceremony ‘Ring the bell for gender equality' at the Copenhagen Stock; and meets Ms Mia Nyegaard, Mayor for Social Affairs of Copenhagen. Mr receives Mr Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia. Mr in Bruges, Belgium: delivers a keynote speech at the Hellenic Week of the College of Europe. Ms Mariya Gabriel in Zagreb, Croatia: participates in the EU Youth Conference: ‘Opportunities for Rural Youth - How to Ensure Sustainability of Rural Communities across the EU'. M. Nicolas Schmit au Luxembourg: visite le Projet CONEX à Wiltz ; et visite le Projet DigiCoach à Luxembourg ville. Ms Elisa Ferreira in , France: meets Ms Amélie de Montchalin, Secretary of State for European Affairs of France; Mr Bruno Le Maire, Minister for Economy and Finance of France; Ms Jacqueline Gourault, Minister for Territorial Cohesion and Relationships with Territorial Collectivities of France. Mr Didier Reynders delivers a speech at a Lunch on ‘Entreprise et Société' at Umicore, in Brussels.

Mardi 10 mars 2020 College Meeting

Mercredi 11 mars 2020 Ms Dubravka Šuica in Luxembourg: participates in a working lunch with the College of Members of the Court of Auditors to discuss the Conference on the Future of Europe ; meets Mr , Prime- Minister of Luxembourg; participates in the Hearing at the Luxembourgish Parliament; meets Mr Jean Asselborn, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg; and participates in the Youth Citizen´s dialogue: ‘Youth vision: which way should Europe go?' . Ms Mariya Gabriel in , : meets Ms , Minister for Education and Religious Affairs; meets Mr Kyriakos Mitsotakis, ; and meets Mr Christos Dimas, Deputy Minister for Development and Investments, responsible for Research and Technology. Mr Paolo Gentiloni inthe (until 12/03): meets Mr , Prime Minister of The Netherlands; meets Mr , Minister for Finance of The Netherlands; meets Mr , State Secretary for Finance, Tax Affairs and the Tax Administration of The Netherlands; meets the Standing Committee on Finance of the Second Chamber; and visits an electrical bus project in Rotterdam supported by the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI). Mr Thierry Breton meets Mr Pierre Gattaz, President of Business Europe, in Brussels. Mr Didier Reynders in Paris, France: attends the 16th European Remembrance Day for Victims of Terrorism, organised by Mr , .

Jeudi 12 mars 2020 Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) Mr together with Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius in Vilnius, Lithuania: meets Mr Gitanas Nausėda, President of Lithuania; meets Mr Saulius Skvernelis, Prime Minister of Lithuania; meets Mr Viktoras Pranckietis, Speaker of the Lithuania Parliament; and participates in a Citizens' dialogue. Ms Margrethe Vestager holds a phone call with Ms Élisabeth Borne, Minister for Ecological and Inclusive Transition of France. Mr Valdis Dombrovskis in Frankfurt, Germany: meets Ms Sylvie Goulard, Deputy Governor of Bank of France; and meets Mr Klaas Knot, President of the Central Bank of the Netherlands. Ms Dubravka Šuica in Zagreb, Croatia: speaks at the panel on 'Hybrid Threats in 21st century', at the Zagreb Security Forum. Mr Margaritis Schinas in Olympia, Greece: participates in the Declaration Ceremony of the Sacred Truce. Mr receives Mr Sameh Hassan Shoukry, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Egypt. Mr Johannes Hahn receives Ms Eleni Marianou, Secretary General for the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions. Mr Phil Hogan meets Mr Ivan Scalfarotto, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy, Mr Jeppe Kofod, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Mr Kaimar Karu, Minister for Foreign Trade and Information Technology of Estonia and Ms María Reyes Maroto Illera, Minister for Industry, Trade and Tourism of Spain, in Brussels. Ms Mariya Gabriel in Olympia, Greece: meets Ms Styliani Mendoni, Minister for Culture and Sports. Ms Mariya Gabriel in Olympia, Greece: participates in the Olympic Flame Lighting and Torch Relay Ceremony for the XXXII Summer Olympics in Tokyo M. Nicolas Schmit in The Netherlands (until 13/03): visits the Project Energy Academy; attends a working lunch with Mr Wouter Koolmees, Minister for Social Affairs and Employment; meets the Social Affairs and Employment committee of the House of Representatives of The Netherlands; and meets Mr Kim Putters, Director of the Netherlands Institute for Social Research. Mr Janusz Wojciechowski receives a delegation from the Lithuanian Council of Agriculture. Mr Didier Reynders receives Mr Martin Jetter, Chairman and Senior Vice President for IBM Europe. Mr Didier Reynders delivers a speech during the ‘Annual Rapex media event 2020' in Brussels. Mr Janez Lenarčič meets Ms Margarete Schramböck, Minister for Internal Market, Trade and Digitalisation of Austria. Mr Olivér Várhelyi receives Mr Sameh Shoukry, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Egypt. Ms Jutta Urpilainen in Berlin, Germany: meets with Mr Heiko Maas, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany; meets with Mr Gerd Müller, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany; meets with Mr Wolfgang Schäuble, President of the Parliament of Germany; meets with Committees for European Affairs, Development Cooperation and Economy and Energy of the Parliament of Germany; meets with Mr Joachim Nagel, Member of the Executive Board of the German Development Bank KfW; and participates in an event with representatives of VENRO, an umbrella organisation of development NGOs in Germany.

Vendredi 13 mars 2020 Justice and Home Affairs Council Mr Frans Timmermans in Amsterdam, The Netherlands: meets with Mr Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of The Netherlands; and attends the Dutch Ministerial Council. Ms Margrethe Vestager in Copenhagen, Denmark: meets Ms Rebecca Adler-Nissen, Professor at the University of Copenhagen Foundation,to discuss algorithms, data and democracy. Mr Johannes Hahn in Salzburg, Austria: participates in the ‘Europe direct: Tracking EU projects next 2 u' event. Mr Nicolas Schmit in the Netherlands: meets Ms , Minister for Education, Culture and Science of The Netherlands; and holds a citizens' dialogue with the Haagse Hogeschool. Mr Didier Reynders meets Ms Francisca Van Dunem, Minister for Justice of Portugal and Ms Dolores Delgado, Minister for Justice of Spain, in Brussels. Mr Didier Reynders receives Mr Pablo Zapatero Miguel, Secretary of State for Justice of Spain. Ms Helena Dalli in Valletta, Malta: delivers a keynote speech at the public event on the adoption of the European Gender Equality Strategy, organised by the Ministry for Justice, Equality and Governance of Malta.

Prévisions du mois de mars 2020 : 16/03 Eurogroup 17/03 Economic and Financial Affairs Council 19/03 Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council 23/03 Foreign Affairs Council 23-24/03 Agriculture and Fisheries Council 24/03 General Affairs Council 26-27/03 European Council

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