Calendrier du lundi 20 septembre au dimanche 26 septembre 2021 Brussels, 17 September 2021

European Commission - Weekly activities

Calendrier du lundi 20 septembre au dimanche 26 septembre 2021
Brussels, 17 September 2021
(Susceptible de modifications en cours de semaine)
Déplacements et visites

Lundi 20 septembre 2021
President Ursula von der Leyen in New York, United States (until 21/09): participates in the High
Level Roundtable on Climate, convened by Mr António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United
Nations.
President Ursula von der Leyen in New York, United States: meets with Mr António Guterres,
Secretary-General of the United Nations, together with Mr Charles Michel, President of the European
Council, and Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security
Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission.
Mr Frans Timmermans in Antigua and Barbuda: meets with Mr Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of
Antigua and Barbuda; meets with Mr Molwyn Joseph, Minister of Health, Wellness and the
Environment of Antigua and Barbuda.
Ms Margrethe Vestager meets via videoconference with Mr Wojciech Wiewiórowski, European Data
Protection Supervisor; receives Mr Vincenzo Amendola, Undersecretary for European Affairs of Italy.
Mr Valdis Dombrovskis in Riga, Latvia: holds a meeting with Mr Mārtiņš Kazāks, Governor of the
Bank of Latvia; participates in the conference 'Sustainable Economy in Times of Change', organised
by the Bank of Latvia.
Mr Josep Borrell in New York, United States (until 24/09): participates in different events related to
the 76th session of the UN General Assembly.
Mr Maroš Šefčovič participates via videoconference in the European Economic Congress in Katowice,
Poland; receives Ms Milena Hrdinkova, State Secretary for European Affairs at the Office of the
Government of Czechia.
Ms Vĕra Jourová in Czechia: speaks at the International Conference ISSS 2021.
Ms Dubravka Šuica receives Mr Vincenzo Amendola, Secretary of State of European Affairs of Italy;
participates in the Executive Board Meeting on the Conference on the Future of Europe.
Mr Margaritis Schinas in Rome, Italy: meets with Mrs Luciana Lamorgese, Minister of the interior of
Italy; participates in the EPP Group Bureau meeting; meets with his Eminence Pietro Parolin,
Cardinal, Secretary of State of His Holiness.
Mr Johannes Hahn participates in the Dialogue on the Future of Business event; presents
NextGenerationEU to investors, in Sevilla and Madrid, Spain.
Ms Mariya Gabriel participates via videoconference (virtual reality) in the opening of the European
Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU) University Campus.
Ms Mariya Gabriel holds a videoconference call with the winners of the National Teacher Prizes.
Ms Mariya Gabriel in Sofia, Bulgaria: delivers an opening speech at the event: ‘My Innovative
Bulgaria - Sustainable and Digitalised Bulgaria'.
Mr Paolo Gentiloni in Dublin, Ireland: meets with Mr Paschal Donohoe, Minister for Finance; meets
with Mr Leo Varadkar, Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment; participates in a
hearing in the EU Affairs Committee of the Oireachtas.
Mr Janusz Wojciechowski in Gdansk, Poland: attends the TRAKO 14 th International Railway Fair;

participates in the Polish segment of the Connecting Europe Express train route.
Mr Thierry Breton is in Washington D.C., United States (until 21/09): meets with Mr Jeff Zients,
White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator; meets with Mr Bill Nelson, NASA Administrator.
Mr Didier Reynders receives Mr Vincenzo Amendola, Secretary of State of Italy; receives a
representative from the association Judges and Judges for Democracy; receives representatives from
Spanish associations of judges (Asociacion Profesional de la Magistratura, Asociacion Judicial
Francisco de Vitoria, and Foro Judicial Independiente)
Ms Ylva Johansson in New York, United States (until 22/09): participates in a meeting of EU
Foreign Ministers, hosted by the European Union.
Mr Olivér Várhelyi delivers opening remarks via videoconference at the high level dialogue of
Mediterranean City-to-City Migration Days.
Ms Jutta Urpilainen in North Ostrobothnia, Finland: meets with local stakeholders and students;
holds a speech via videoconference for the ‘Reimagining Education in Africa' AU-UNICEF High-Level
UNGA side event.
Ms Kadri Simson in Ljubljana, Slovenia: visits the new hydro power plant Brežice; holds a Citizens
Dialogue in the context of the Conference on the Future of Europe; visits a high-tech Dewesoft
company; visits the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER); attends a working
dinner with Mr Jernej Vrtovec, Minister for Infrastructure; and delivers a keynote speech, via
videoconference at the European Economic Congress.
Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius in Vigo, Spain: visits to the (European Fisheries Control Agency) EFCA's
fisheries patrol vessel; meets with Ms Susan Steel, Executive Director of the EFCA; meets with
representatives from NGOs, the fishing industry and fishermen associations; visits the Harbour and
of the Islands of Isla do Faro and Isla de San Martino; meets with Mr Pablo Islas, Executive
Chairman of Inditex and visits the facilities.

Mardi 21 septembre 2021
President Ursula von der Leyen participates in the Opening of the General Debate of the 76th
Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Mr Frans Timmermans in Antigua and Barbuda: sees the reconstruction priorities after the
devastating effects of Hurricane Irma; holds a meeting with Members of the Barbuda Council; meets
the local representatives of the United Nations Development (UNDP) team.
Ms Margrethe Vestager meets with Mr Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, senior fellow with the Peterson
Institute for International Economics and the German Marshall Fund of the United States, in
Brussel; meets via videoconference with Ms Cani Fernández, President of the Spanish National
Authority for Markets and Competition.
Ms Vĕra Jourová holds a speech at the 14th European Platform for Roma Inclusion; participates via
videoconference in the ‘Countering online disinformation and hate speech to foster peace' conference
organized by UNESCO.
Ms Dubravka Šuica participates in the meeting of Ministers for European or Foreign Affairs of the
European People's Party (EPP); attends the General Affairs Council Meeting for a briefing on the
Conference on the Future of Europe; delivers a speech via videoconference for the Citizens event on
EU Youth policies (CoFoE), organized under the COFOE umbrella by the Youth Association 'Mladi u
EU'.
Mr Johannes Hahn participates in the ‘Dialogue on the Future of Business' event; presents
NextGenerationEU to investors, in Sevilla and Madrid, Spain.
Ms Mariya Gabriel participates via videoconference in the stakeholder event on the European
Student Card Initiative and Erasmus+; delivers via videoconference a keynote speech at the World
Economic Forum Sustainable Development Impact Summit; participates via videoconference in the
opening plenary session of the first meeting of the Scientific Francophonie; holds a videoconference
call with Mr Éric Trappier, CEO of Dassault Aviation.
Mr Paolo Gentiloni in Dublin, Ireland: visits Dublin Port; meets with Mr Michael McGrath, Minister
for Public Expenditure and Reform; participates in the online stakeholder event ‘Fostering a Fair
Recovery and Building Resilience: The Path Forward for Ireland and the EU' organised by the
Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA).

Mr Janusz Wojciechowski participates via videoconference in the European Economic Congress;
holds a videoconference call with Mr Rodolfo Enrique Zea Navarro, Minister of Agriculture and Rural
Development of Colombia.
Mr Thierry Breton in Washington D.C., USA: meets with Ms Gina Raimondo, US Secretary of
Commerce.
Ms Elisa Ferreira receives Mr Axel van Trotsenburg, Managing Director for Operations of World Bank;
participates in a Conference on the Role of the Regions in Economic recovery, in Brussels, at the
House of Representation of the Regions of Hessen (Germany), Emilia-Romagna (Italy), Wielkoposlka
(Pologne) and Nouvelle-Aquitaine (France); holds a phone call with Mr Ángel Víctor Torres, President
of the Canary Islands, on the recent eruption of the Cumbre Vieja.
Mr Didier Reynders receives Mr Axel van Trotsenburg, World Bank Managing Director of Operations.
Ms Ylva Johansson in New York, United States: participates in a High-Level Dialogue on ‘Ensuring
protection of Afghan people, especially of women and girls, in Afghanistan and in the region', hosted
by Austria; meets with Mr Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner of UNHCR.
Mr Janez Lenarčič receives Mr Axel van Trotsenburg, World Bank Managing Director of Operations
Mr Olivér Várhelyi receives Mr. Selmo Cikotić, Minister of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina;
receives Mr. Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic.
Mr Olivér Várhelyi on official visits in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Ms Jutta Urpilainen receives Mr Axel van Trotsenburg, World Bank Managing Director of Operations;
holds a videoconference call with Mr Edouard Fritch, President of French Polynesia.
Ms Kadri Simson in Ljubljana, Slovenia: holds a meeting with Members of the Parliament
Committees on European Affairs and on Infrastructure, Environment and Spatial Planning;
participates in Round 2 of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) Roundtable
on Infrastructure, the ‘other side of the coin'; participates in the High-Level Group meeting of the
Central and South Eastern Europe energy connectivity (CESEC); and attends a working dinner for EU
energy and CESEC ministers.
Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius in Murcia and Alicante; visits Mar Menor; meets with representatives from
the fisheries sectors; visits the Marine Reserve of Fishing Interest of Tabarca on a navy patrol vessel;
visits the Fishing Port and the fish market of Santa Pola.
Ms Mairead McGuinness holds a videoconference call with Mr Milojko Spajić, Minister of Finance and
Social Welfare of Montenegro.

Mercredi 22 septembre 2021
College Meeting
Mr Frans Timmermans in Antigua and Barbuda: meets with Mr Paul Chet Greene, Minister for
Foreign Affairs; participates via videoconference in the United Nations High-Level dialogue on
Energy; participates, via videoconference in the ‘Climate Week NYC 2021' event, on Green Jobs in
the Clean Energy Transition.
Ms Margrethe Vestager in Paris, France: delivers a keynote speech for the opening of the European
Affairs Course at the French Ecole Nationale d'Administration.
Mr Maroš Šefčovič receives Mr Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece.
Ms Dubravka Šuica participates via videoconference in the high-level side event ‘Violence against
Children in Times of Crisis' on the margins of the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly;
participates in Rome, Italy, in a panel on the Future of Europe: ‘The European way of life and
Christian Values' for the EPP Group Bureau Meeting.
Mr Johannes Hahn Receives Axel van Trotsenburg, Managing Director of Operations at the World
Bank.
Mr Johannes Hahn receives Frank Scheidig, Global Head of Senior Executive Banking at DZ Bank.
Mr Janusz Wojciechowski participates via videoconference in the EuroCommerce Policy Talks
webinar; holds a videoconference call with Mr Edward Siarka, Secretary of State for Forestry of
Poland.
Mr Thierry Breton holds a videoconference call with Mr Vittorio Colao, Minister for Technological

Innovation and Digital Transition of Italy.
Mr Didier Reynders holds a videoconference call with Mr Bris Rocher, CEO of the Rocher Group;
participates via videoconference in the Annual Congress of LIDC (International League of Competition
Law).
Ms Ylva Johansson in New York, United States: participates in the ‘Regional Platform on
Afghanistan', hosted by the European Union
Mr Janez Lenarčič receives H.E. Mr Cikotić, Minister of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Mr Janez Lenarčič participates via videoconference, on the occasion of the 76th UN General
Assembly Ministerial Week, in a High-Level side event on International Humanitarian law, and in a
High-Level side event on Yemen.
Ms Jutta Urpilainen holds a videoconference call with Mr Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator;
participates via videoconference in the 'Yemen: Responding to the crises within the world's largest
humanitarian crisis' side event in the margins of the 76 th UNGA.
Ms Kadri Simson in Ljubljana, Slovenia: attends the Informal meeting of energy ministers; attends
the Joint informal meeting of transport and energy ministers; and delivers a speech, via
videoconference at the Special Event of the United Nations High-Level Dialogue on Energy.
Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius participates in the high-level signatory ceremony of the Green City Accord,
via videoconference.

Jeudi 23 septembre 2021
Mr Frans Timmermans in Washington D.C., United States: hosts a meeting of the High Level
Climate Action Group, together with Mr John Kerry, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Change;
participates in an event organized by the Atlantic Council ; meets with Members of the Senate
Climate Solutions Caucus; participates via videoconference in the United Nations Food Systems
Summit.
Mr Valdis Dombrovskis receives Mr Tom de Bruijn, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development
Cooperation of the Netherlands; holds a videoconference call with Mr Jean Lemierre, European
Financial Services Roundtable (EFR) Chairman and Chairman of BNP Paribas, and EFR members;
participates in a Civil Society meeting on trade policy.
Ms Vĕra Jourová together with Ms Elisa Ferreira holds a videoconference call with Polish Mayors.
Ms Vĕra Jourová holds a videoconference call with Ms Mary Lawlor, United Nations Special
Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders.
Ms Dubravka Šuica in Rome, Italy: meets with Ms Elena Bonetti, Minister for Equal Opportunities
and Family; meets with CoFe scientific committee in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; meets with
Benedetto Della Vedova, Undersecretary of State.
Ms Dubravka Šuica participates via videoconference in a RUMRA & Smart Villages event on Health
Access & Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas;
Ms Mariya Gabriel in Slovenia: (Ljubljana) delivers an opening speech at the ‘European Week of
Sport' conference – ‘#BeActive, Slovenian National Sport Day'; meets with participants and project
organisers of ‘Basket for Women' (Erasmus+ project); (Bled) delivers an opening speech at the
official opening of the European Week of Sport conference; participates in the official signature of
WADA as new partner of the European Week of Sport; delivers an opening speech at the conference:
‘Launch of HealthyLifestyle4All'.
Mr Janusz Wojciechowski delivers opening remarks via videoconference at the Future of Food &
Farming Summit, organised by Politico.
Mr Thierry Breton holds a videoconference call with Mr Volkmar Denner, CEO of Robert Bosch
GMBH, Mr Kurt Sievers, President and CEO of NXP, Mr Reinhard Ploss, CEO of Infineon Technologies
AG, and Mr Michael Boll, Head of Public Policy of Infineon Technologies AG.
Mr Didier Reynders holds a videoconference call with Ms Maria Kolíková, Minister of Justice of
Slovakia.
Mr Janez Lenarčič participates virtually in High-Level side on Children in armed conflicts on the
occasion of the 76 th UN General Assembly Ministerial Week.

Ms Jutta Urpilainen receives Mr Bankole Adeoye, Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace And
Security of the African Union.
Ms Kadri Simson in Warsaw, Poland: participates in the Partnership for Transatlantic Energy and
Climate Cooperation (P-TECC) ministerial meeting and attends the Gala dinner for the P-TECC
Ministerial delegation; holds a meeting with Ms Jennifer Granholm, Secretary for the Department of
Energy of the United States of America; and holds a meeting with Mr Michał Kurtyka, Minister for
Climate and Environment of Poland.
Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius delivers a speech at the Corporate Leaders Network event; participates in
the closing ceremony of the High-Level side event of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA),
via videoconference.
Ms Mairead McGuinness delivers a keynote address via videoconference at the ‘Lowering the cost of
remittances: are we on track to achieving UNSDG 10c by 2030?' event organised by Wise.
Ms Mairead McGuinness in London, United Kingdom (until 24/09): meets with CEOs of EU financial
firms active in the United Kingdom; meets with Mr Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer; meets
with Mr Kwasi Kwarteng, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; delivers a
lecture at the Embassy of Ireland to the United Kingdom.

Vendredi 24 septembre 2021
Mr Frans Timmermans in Washington D.C., United States: meets with representatives of the House
Select Committee on the Climate Crisis; meets with Gina McCarthy, White House National Climate
Advisor.
Ms Margrethe Vestager meets via videoconference with Mr Claude Turmes, Minister for Energy of
Luxembourg.
Mr Valdis Dombrovskis receives Mr Rimantas Šadžius, Member of the European Court of Auditors.
Ms Dubravka Šuica participates via videoconference in an online roundtable ‘Staying in Croatia after
the COVID 19 pandemic', organized by the Croatian branch of the World Youth Association;
participates, in Venice, Italy, in the European Cultural Heritage Summit High-Level Agora Policy
Debate ‘From the New European Bauhaus to the New European Renaissance'.
Mr Margaritis Schinas delivers via videoconference opening remarks at the European Cultural
Heritage Summit 2021 ‘European heritage policy agora : From the new European Bauhaus to the
new European renaissance' organised by Europa Nostra.
Ms Mariya Gabriel in Sofia, Bulgaria (until 25/09): participates in the European Researchers' Night
2021.
Mr Paolo Gentiloni delivers a speech via videoconference at the first high-level international event
for women in customs, organised by the European Commission (DG TAXUD) under the auspices of
the World Customs Organization (WCO).
Mr Paolo Gentiloni delivers a speech via videoconference at the high-level international conference
‘Financing Infrastructure for the Recovery: the role of public-private cooperation to ensure a long-
term sustainable growth'.
Mr Thierry Breton receives Mr Ignacio Mataix, CEO of Indra Sistemas SA.
Ms Elisa Ferreira in Lisbon, Portugal: delivers a keynote speech at the Conference and dinner
celebrating 110 years of the Lisbon School of Economics and Management ISEG, University of Lisbon.
Ms Stella Kyriakides in Nicosia, Cyprus: visits the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics.
Mr Didier Reynders in Ljubljana, Slovenia: meets with Dr. Wolfgang Mückstein, Austrian Minister for
Consumer Affairs
Mr Didier Reynders participates via videoconference in the General Assembly of the “Conférence des
Bâtonniers de France”
Mr Olivér Várhelyi in Budapest, Hungary: participates in the 10th Conference of the Speakers of the
Parliaments of South-Eastern Europe.

Samedi 25 septembre 2021

President von der Leyen participates in the Global Citizen live event “A Recovery Plan for the
World”.
Ms Mariya Gabriel in Sofia, Bulgaria: participates in the #BeActive European Sports Night 2021.
Ms Mairead McGuinness delivers a keynote address via videoconference at the Environmental
Conference of the Regions of Europe (ENCORE).
Ms Mairead McGuinness in London, United Kingdom: visits Lloyd's of London; meets with Mr Sadiq
Khan, Mayor of London; meets with Mr William Russel, Lord Mayor; meets with organisations from
the City of London; meets with Mr Andrey Baley, Governor of the Bank of England.

Dimanche 26 septembre 2021
Mr Johannes Hahn participates in the 17 th Salzburg Europe Summit in Salzburg, Austria.

Permanence SPP le weekend du 25 au 26 septembre 2021:
Daniel Ferrie – tél : +32 460 79 28 34

Permanence SPP pour les questions sur les affaires étrangères:
Nabila MASSRALI - tél: +32 460 79 52 44

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