Monday, 03 February 2025
European Commission
President Ursula von der Leyen participates in the informal EU leaders’ retreat.
Mr Costas Kadis receives Ms Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Minister for the Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forests, Sea and Fisheries of France; receives representatives of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC).
Maria Luís Albuquerque receives Mr Jens Eskelund, President of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China and representatives of the delegation of European Chamber industry; receives Mr Walt Lukken, President and CEO of the Futures Industry Association (FIA).
Mr Piotr Serafin in Denmark and Sweden (until 04/02): meets Ministers, local authorities and visits EU funded projects.
Mr Michael McGrath meets Mr Robert Fico, Prime Minister of Slovakia; delivers opening remarks at the 13th meeting of the Core Group on the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine; meets with Ms Iryna Mudra, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine; delivers a speech at a joint Bar Associations’ New Year’s reception; and delivers opening remarks at a reception hosted by the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the context of the Core Group on the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine.
European Parliament
President’s Agenda
11:00 President Metsola participates in the Informal EU leaders’ retreat.
Parliamentary Committees
16:00 – 17:00 BUDG ECON Joint meeting of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs Location: Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q1 Debate: Exchange of views with Elena Flores, Chair of the InvestEU Steering Board.
18:00 – 18:30 EUDS Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Location: Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 3G-2 Votes.
Council of the European Union
- Informal EU leaders’ retreat
- Informal meeting of competitiveness ministers (Internal Market and Industry), 3-4 February 2025
- Informal meeting of trade ministers, 3-4 February 2025
Tuesday, 04 February 2025
European Commission
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 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.
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.
European Parliament
President’s Agenda
09:30 President Metsola participates in the EU Ambassadors’ Conference.
Press Conferences
12:30 – 13:00 Topic: Stop the Italian security law, stop the European authoritarian drift Location: Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A50 Speakers: Mimmo LUCANO (The Left, IT) and Benedetta SCUDERI (The Left, IT).
Council of the European Union
- Informal meeting of competitiveness ministers (Internal Market and Industry), 3-4 February 2025
- Informal meeting of trade ministers, 3-4 February 2025
Wednesday, 05 February 2025
Meeting of the College of Commissioners
President Ursula von der Leyen receives Mr Oliver Röpke, President of the European Economic and Social Committee.
Ms Henna Virkkunen receives Mr Stephan Weil, Minister-President of Lower Saxony, Germany.
Ms Kaja Kallas receives Mr Omar Paganini, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Uruguay.
Mr Maroš Šefčovič receives Mr Stephan Weil, Minister-President of Lower Saxony; receives Mr Nick Thomas-Symonds, Minister for the Cabinet Office (Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations) of the United Kingdom.
Mr Valdis Dombrovskis receives Ms Esther Lynch, General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC); receives Mr Stephan Weil, Minister President of Lower Saxony.
Ms Dubravka Šuica meets with Mr Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; meets with Rabbi Menachem Margolin, Chairman of the Rabbinical Centre of Europe; Chairman of the European Jewish Association; Founder of the Europe Israel Press Association; meets with Mr. David Lega, former Member of the European Parliament.
Mr Andrius Kubilius receives Ms Elina Valtonen, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland; receives Mr Olivier Andriès, CEO of Safran.
Mr Jozef Síkela meets via videoconference Ms Anneliese Dodds, Minister of State for Development of the United Kingdom.
Mr Costas Kadis receives Mr Olivier Poivre d’Arvor, French Ambassador for the Poles and Oceans and Special Envoy of President Macron for the Third United Nations Ocean Conference; receives Mr. Hervé Morin of France, President of the Normandy Region; participates on the European Parliament Meeting ‘The SEArica Intergroup Launch Conference’ (2025-2029).
Maria Luís Albuquerque in Paris, France: delivers a keynote speech at the Conference ‘Shaping the Future of EU Capital Markets’ organised by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).
Ms Hadja Lahbib receives Mr Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees; receives Ms Pamela Rendi-Wagner, Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
Mr Magnus Brunner receives a group of students.
Ms Jessika Roswall receives Mr Stephan Weil, Minister President of Lower Saxony (Germany); receives Mr Jeppe Bruus Christensen, Minister for Green Transition of Denmark.
Mr Dan Jørgensen delivers a keynote speech at the Financial Times-Iberdrola Energy Forum 2025.
Ms Ekaterina Zaharieva delivers a keynote speech at the conference ‘Perspectives of academic freedom in Europe and beyond’, organised by the European Parliament’s Science and Technology Options Assessment (STOA) Panel.
Mr Michael McGrath delivers a speech at the European Cooperation Network on Elections Seminar; delivers the opening remarks at the second Victims’ Rights Directive trilogue in the European Parliament; delivers a speech at the Rockwood Public Affairs New Year’s reception; attends an EU law seminar on EU accession to the European Convention on Human Rights; and meets the European Startup Network.
Mr Glenn Micallef receives Ms Sira Rego, Minister for Youth and Children of Spain.
European Parliament
President’s Agenda
11:30 President Metsola receives Uruguay’s Foreign Minister Omar Paganini and Minister of Economy and Finance, Azucena Arbeleche.
17:00 President Metsola presides over the Conference of Presidents.
Thursday 06 February 2025
Visit of the College of Commissioners to the Polish Presidency in Gdansk, Poland.
Ms Kaja Kallas receives Mr Mark Rutte, Secretary-General of NATO; receives Ms Tomoko Akana, President of the International Criminal Court.
Mr Maroš Šefčovič receives representatives from the EU Chamber of Commerce in China.
Ms Ekaterina Zaharieva receives Mr Pietro Barabaschi, Director-General of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER); receives Mr Jonathan Redford, CEO of Habitat for Humanity.
Mr Michael McGrath will meet with Mr Olivier Röpke, President of the European Economic & Social Committee (EESC), and Mr Seamus Boland, President of the Civil Society Organisations’ Group within the EESC; and participates in a Simplification Roundtable.
Mr Christophe Hansen delivers keynote speech via video message at the European Landowners’ Association event ‘The Future of Direct Payments’; in France: delivers keynote speech via video message at the opening of the Annual Assembly Jeunes Agriculteurs de France in Beauvais.
European Parliament
Parliamentary Committees
08:45 – 12:15 FISC Subcommittee on Tax Matters Location: Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 4B001 Debates: Exchange of Views with Ms. Laura Kövesi, European Chief Prosecutor, and Mr. Yannic Hulot, Chair of Eurofisc, on “The Role of the EPPO and Eurofisc in Tackling VAT Fraud in the EU.” Exchange of Views with Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra on Key Priorities in the Taxation Area.
09:00 – 12:00 ENVI Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety Location: Brussels, József Antall, 4Q2 Debates: Exchange of views with Commissioner Costas Kadis on upcoming initiatives on oceans, at EU and international level. Exchange of views with the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and the European Research Council (ERC) on their recent assessment reports.
Friday 07 February 2025
Visit of the College of Commissioners to the Polish Presidency in Gdansk, Poland.
Mr Costas Kadis in Gdynia, Poland; visits the National Marine Fisheries Research Institute.