CALENDRIER du 28 mai au 3 juin 2012

Activités des Institutions

Lundi 28 mai

Pentecôte

Ms Androulla VASSILIOU delivers a speech at a Conference on Early School Leaving (Limassol)

Ms Androulla VASSILIOU attends Mr Herman VAN ROMPUY's address at the Cyprus House of Representatives (Nicosia)

Mr Štefan FÜLE on official visit to London (28-29/5)

Mardi 29 mai

Meeting of General Affairs Council (GAC)

Mr Janez POTOČNIK participates in structured dialogue with the European Parliament ENVI (Environment, Public Health and Food Safety) Committee (EP, Brussels)

Mr Karel DE GUCHT participates to and Ms Connie HEDEGAARD delivers a speech at the 23rd session of the ACP-EU joint Parliamentary Assembly

Mr Johannes HAHN attends the REGI meeting (EP, Brussels)

Mr László Andor delivers a speech at Google lunch (EP, Brussels)

Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO delivers opening speech at the Conference "Mission Growth: Europe at the Lead of the New Industrial Revolution" (Brussels)

Mr Siim KALLAS receives Mr Paul MAGNETTE, Belgian Minister of Public Enterprises, Science Policy and Development Cooperation, in charge of Larger Towns

Ms Neelie KROES delivers opening speech to PEER Project conference (Publishing and the Ecology of European Research) (Brussels)

Mr Joaquín ALMUNIA receives Mr Ole SOHN, Danish Minister for Business and Growth (Brussels)

M. Janez POTOČNIK reçoit M. Pascal CANFIN, nouveau Ministre délégué chargé du développement au ministère des Affaires étrangères et européennes français

M. Michel BARNIER intervient à l'European American Press Club sur "La croissance et la consolidation budgétaire" (Paris)

Mr John DALLI attends the Consumer Summit (Brussels)

Mr John DALLI receives Dr Gianni PITTELLA, Vice President of EMUNI University, and delegation

Mr John DALLI receives Mr Neoclis SYLIKIOTIS, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Cyprus

Ms Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN receives Mr John HERLIHY, Vice President of Google's Global Ad Operations

Ms Maria DAMANAKI receives Ms Ilse AIGNER, German Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection

Ms Kristalina GEORGIEVA receives Mr Barry J. PALMER, Second Vice President of the International Association of Lions Clubs

Ms Connie HEDEGAARD visits "Gedved Skole" and "Horsens Statskole", Horsens Municipality (Horsens, Denmark)

Ms Cecilia MALMSTRÖM receives Ms Eleni MAVROU, Cypriot Minister of Interior

Ms Cecilia MALMSTRÖM Mr Neven MIMICA, Croatian Vice Prime Minister

Mr Dacian CIOLOŞ receives Ms Ilse AIGNER, German Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection

Mercredi 30 mai

Conseil Compétitivité (30-31/5)

Commission meeting

Ms Androulla VASSILIOU exchanges views with the ITRE Committee (EP, Brussels)

Ms Maria DAMANAKI at the hearing at the European Parliament "Oceans and Seas: Our Common Future. An EU-US Perspective" with the participation of US Under-Secretary Dr Jane LUBCHENCO

Mr László Andor presents the White Paper on pensions at the EP employment committee (EP, Brussels)

Mr José Manuel Durão BARROSO in Baltic Sea Summit (30-31/5, Stralsund, Germany)

Mr Siim KALLAS participates in the Seventh International Railway Business Forum "Strategic Partnership 1520", where he will deliver a keynote speech (30/5-1/6, Sochi, Russia)

Ms Neelie KROES delivers speech at "Missing Children: closing the gaps" Conference (Brussels)

Mr Joaquín ALMUNIA meets Mr Santos PEREIRA, Portuguese Minister for Economy (Brussels)

Mr Joaquín ALMUNIA receives Ms Sybille VON OBERNITZ, Senator for Economics Land of Berlin and Minister Economy Land Brandenburg

Mr Janez POTOČNIK receives Dr Jane LUBCHENCO, Ph.D., Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; Administrator, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Mr Algirdas ŠEMETA on mission to Lithuania (30/5-1/6). On 30/5: meets with Members of the Parliamentary Committee on Environment Protection and Ms Ingrida ŠIMONYTÉ, Minister for Finance. On 1/6: meets with Mr Rimantas ŽYLIUS, Minister for Economy, Mr Česlovas STANKEVIČIUS, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on European Affairs, and Mr Kęstutis GLAVECKAS, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Budget and Finance

Mr Karel DE GUCHT receives Ms Pia OLSEN DYHR, Danish Trade Minister

Mr Karel DE GUCHT receives Ms Anne Ruth HERKES, State Secretary at the German Federal Economics Ministry

Ms Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN receives Mr Maxime VERHAGEN, Dutch Minister for Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation and Deputy Prime Minister

Ms Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN receives Mr Björn ROSENGREN, CEO of Wärtsilä

Ms Maria DAMANAKI receives Dr Jane LUBCHENCO, U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of NOAA

Ms Connie HEDEGAARD receives Mr Klaus HELMRICH, Siemens A.G. Managing Board member and Chief Technology Officer

Mr Štefan FÜLE participates in the Structured Dialogue with Kosovo on the rule of law (Brussels)

Jeudi 31 mai

Ms Viviane REDING in Tallinn (Estonia) (31/05-1/06): Delivers key note address at the XXV Congress of FIDE (International Federation for European Law); meets Mr Toomas HENDRIK ILVES, President of the Republic of Estonia; meets Ms Ene ERGMA, President of the Riigikogou, the Parliament of Estonia; meets Mr Urmas PAET, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs; meets with Mr Kristen MICHAL, Estonian Minister of Justice; meets with business leaders at a roundtable on "Making EU law work for economic growth: the reform of the data protection laws geared to stimulate business"; meets with the final grades of Tallinn Gymnasiums Schools to discuss 'What Kind of Europe do we Want in 2020?'

Mr Maroš ŠEFÇOVIÇ in Slovakia: delivers a keynote speech at the Conference on the EU Institutions "The EU in 2012: the fiscal compact and future of integration" organised by the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA) and participates to a discussion with children from the Trnava fosterhomes at the EC Representation (Bratislava)

Mr Janez POTOČNIK on official visit to Cyprus

Mr Olli REHN at the Brussels Economic Forum (Brussels)

M. Michel BARNIER reçoit M. Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, nouveau Ministre Chypriote du Commerce, de l'Industrie et du Tourisme, en charge du Marché intérieur

Mr Karel DE GUCHT participates in the Joint Committee on China and meets Mr Chen DEMING, Chinese Commerce Minister (Brussels)

Ms Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN meets with Mr David WILLETTS, UK Minister for Universities and Science (Brussels)

Ms Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN attends meeting, together with the Danish Presidency, with Mr Vilasrao DESHMUKH, India's Minister for Science and Technology (Brussels)

Ms Maria DAMANAKI participates in a debate on IUU (Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing) with representatives of marine NGOs and stakeholders and with the participation of Dr Jane LUBCHENCO, U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of NOAA (Brussels)

Ms Kristalina GEORGIEVA in Vienna (31/5-1/6). On 31/5: meeting with Mr Michael SPINDELEGGER, Vice-Chancellor and Minister for Foreign Affairs; meeting with members of the Association "Globale Verantwortung"; public discussion at the Institute of Human Sciences (IWM) with Rector Dr Krzysztof MICHALSKI and editor-in-chief of Die Presse Mr Michael FLEISCHHACKER. On 1/6: meeting with Ms Johanna MIKL-LEITNER, Minister of the Interior; Keynote speech "The role and responsibility of EU in the fight against hunger on the Horn of Africa and West Sahel” at the Aula der Wissenschaften; meeting with members of the Austrian Parliament

Mr Günther OETTINGER delivers a lunch speech at the Berlin Summit – Annual meeting of the Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership (Berlin)

Ms Connie HEDEGAARD participates in "Clean Tech Conference" (Danish Permanent Representation to the EU, Brussels)

Ms Connie HEDEGAARD in Hessen, Germany (31/5-1/6): meetings with Mr Jörg-Uwe HAHN, Deputy Prime Minister of Germany's Hessen state and Ms Lucia PUTTRICH, Hessen´s State Minister of Environment, Energy, Agriculture and Consumer Protection; meets with Mr Norbert KARTMANN, President of the Parliament of Hessen, with Mr Volker BOUFFIER, Prime Minister of Hessen State; visit of the fuel cell research center of Opel (Mainz Kastel)

Mr László Andor delivers a speech at the Social Roundtable "The State of the EU – Revitalizing the European Dream"

Mr Dacian CIOLOŞ opens the ENPARD (European Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development) senior agriculture officials' workshop (Centre Albert Borschette, Brussels)

Vendredi 1er juin

Mr Maroš ŠEFÇOVIÇ delivers a speech at the Tripartite Citizen Forum organised by the European Parliament (Hainburg, Austria)

Mr Joaquín ALMUNIA participes at the Bilderberg Conference (1-3/6, Chantilly, Virginia, USA)

Mr Olli REHN at the Economic Governance Seminar (Helsinki)

Michel BARNIER prononce le discours d'ouverture à la "Insurance Europe's 4th International Conference" (Amsterdam)

Ms Androulla VASSILIOU in official visit to Portugal (1-4/6). On 1/6 in Lisbon: gives a joint press conference with Mr Placido DOMINGO (Gulbenkian Foundation); takes part at the 2012 Europa Nostra Awards (EU Heritage Prize Awards) with Mr Placido DOMINGO (Cloisters of the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos). On 2/6: photo opportunity with Placido DOMINGO (Mafra Palace); takes part at the festivities of the Opening ceremony of the European Capital of Culture in Guimarães (2-3/6). Meets the mayor, Mr António MAGALHᾹES and the president of the Guimarães Foundation, Prof. João SERRA (City Hall); visits the Palace of the Dukes of Bragança, meets with its director, Mr António PONTE and visits the exhibition "The Castle in 3 Acts"; visits the historical centre of Guimarães; opens the exhibition Flatland Edux (Vila Flor Cultural Centre); attends the official dinner organized by the President of the Guimarães Foundation followed by a concert by the Portuguese Symphony Orchestra (Vila Flor Cultural Centre). On 3/6: visits the ASA Factory, attends the presentation of Curators Lab project and a rehearsal of a new dance piece by the Companhia Instável's artists; visits Campurbis and the Design Institute; delivers a speech at the Conference "Current challenges and opportunities in the funding of Arts and Culture" (Vila Flor Cultural Centre) and meets the press

Ms Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN receives Dr Mary G. BAKER, MBE, President of the European Brain Council

Ms Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN receives Dr Jane LUBCHENCO, US Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Ms Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN delivers keynote address to Stakeholders Conference on EU-India cooperation on Research, Innovation and Science (Brussels)

Ms Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN receives Mr Stavros MALAS, Cypriot Minister for Health

Ms Maria DAMANAKI participates in the conference: "Regional Fisheries Management Organisations RFMO's - Fit for the future" (Charlemagne, Brussels)

Mr Johannes HAHN in Italy (1-2/6): attends the Fischer Symposion in Triest, meets Mr Renzo TONDO, President of the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, visits regional projects, meets Mr Ugo CAPPELLACCI, President of the region of Sardegna, and meets Mr Fabrizio BARCA, Minister for Territorial Cohesion

Mr Štefan FÜLE attends the "2012 Wroclaw Global Forum, Reinventing the West: Prosperity, Security and Democracy at Risk?" and gives a speech at the panel "The Future of Europe" (Wroclaw, Poland)

Mr Dacian CIOLOŞ receives Mr Vasile BUMACOV, Moldovian Minister for Agriculture and Food Industry

Mr Dacian CIOLOŞ closes the ENPARD (European Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development) senior agriculture officials' workshop (Centre Albert Borschette, Brussels)

Samedi 2 juin

Dimanche 3 juin

EU – Russia Summit (St. Petersburg, Russia)

Informal meeting of Ministers for Agriculture and Fisheries (AGRI) (3-5/6, Horsens, Denmark)

Mr Dacian CIOLOŞ meets Danish agricultural organisations (Kolding, Denmark)

Prévisions du mois de juin 2012