13-17 January 2025

Monday, 13 January 2025


European Commission

  • Commissioner Teresa Ribera receives representatives of the NGO Social Platform; meets Ms. Leena Ylä-Mononen, Executive Director of the European Environment Agency (EEA); delivers a keynote speech at the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) Economic Forum.
  • Commissioner Kaja Kallas receives Mr. Alexander Schallenberg, Chancellor of Austria.
  • Commissioner Roxana Mînzatu hosts a workshop event with stakeholders on the Union of Skills.
  • Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis holds a videocall with Mr. Eric Lombard, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industry of France.
  • Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra receives Ms. María José Catalá, Mayor of Valencia, Spain.
  • Commissioner Marta Kos meets Mr. Bernard Quintin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium; receives Ms. Helga Maria Schmid, nominated candidate for President of the 80th UN General Assembly.
  • Commissioner Costas Kadis holds a videocall with Mr. Daniel Zeichner, Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs of the United Kingdom.
  • Commissioner Jessika Roswall receives Mr. Patrick ten Brink, Secretary-General of the European Environmental Bureau; meets Ms. Leena Ylä-Mononen, Executive Director of the European Environment Agency.
  • Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva receives Mr. Ruslan Stefanov, Program Director and Chief Economist of the Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD).
  • Commissioner Christophe Hansen, in Luxembourg: meets Mrs. Nadia Calviño, President of the European Investment Bank; meets Mrs. Martine Hansen, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Viticulture, and Mr. Christian Hahn, President of the Chamber of Agriculture.

European Parliament

Committees

  • Joint meeting of ENVI and AGRI Committees: Public hearing on forest monitoring for resilient European forests.
  • Joint meeting of AFET and SEDE Committees: Exchange of views with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.

Tuesday, 14 January 2025


European Commission

  • Commissioner Teresa Ribera meets representatives of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) and major European environmental NGOs, including BirdLife Europe and WWF; and receives representatives of Connect Europe.
  • Commissioner Henna Virkkunen, in Helsinki, Finland: attends the Baltic Sea NATO Summit.
  • Commissioner Roxana Mînzatu meets a delegation from the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC); receives Mr. Cosmin Boiangiu, Executive Director of the European Labour Authority (ELA); holds a videoconference call with Ms. Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk, Minister for Family, Labour and Social Policy of Poland.
  • Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis meets Mr. Gunter Mayr, Minister of Finance of Austria.
  • Commissioner Andrius Kubilius receives Mr. Anton Hofreiter, Member of the German Bundestag.
  • Commissioner Jozef Síkela receives Mr. Moetai Brotherson, President of French Polynesia.

European Parliament


Parliamentary Committees

  • 10:30 – 12:00 AFET Committee: Debate and exchange of views with Commissioner Marta Kos on Enlargement.

Wednesday, 15 January 2025


European Commission

  • College Meeting of Commissioners.
  • Commissioner Teresa Ribera receives the European Telecommunications Association (ECTA).
  • Commissioner Henna Virkkunen receives Ms. Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union.
  • Commissioner Kaja Kallas receives Ms. Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iceland.

Thursday, 16 January 2025


European Commission

  • Commissioner Teresa Ribera attends Bruegel’s “Clean Industrial Deal” event.
  • Commissioner Henna Virkkunen delivers a speech at the launch of the EU Chips Act Pilot Lines.
  • Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič meets representatives from European Aluminium and the European Climate Foundation.
  • Mr Piotr Serafin receives Mr Bernhard Kluttig, State Secretary of Germany; receives Ms Marie Bjerre, Minister for European Affairs of Denmark.

European Parliament

Votes:

European labour market statistics on businesses. 

European Central Bank – annual report 2024.

Friday, 17 January 2025


European Commission

  • Commissioner Andrius Kubilius, in Vilnius, Lithuania: participates in the “Snow Meeting.”
  • Commissioner Jessika Roswall meets Ms. Ilham Kadri, President of the European Chemical Industry Council.

To see the full Commissioners’ weekly activities, click here. 

European Parliament

EPP Leaders’ Meeting
Berlin, Germany.

To see the full agenda of the Parliament, click here

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