ALDE Pre-Summit , Brussels - Main contents
date | December 14, 2017 |
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city | Brussels, Belgium |
attending | M. (Margrethe) Vestager i et al. |
organisation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE) i |
At the invitation of ALDE Party President Hans van Baalen MEP and Guy Verhofstadt MEP, leader of the ALDE Group in the European Parliament; liberal Prime Ministers and European Commissioners will meet at the Egmont Palace in Brussels on Thursday 14 December ahead of the European Council Summit of the same day.
For the first time - following the appointment of Andrej Babiš as Czech Prime Minister last week - the ALDE political family will count eight Prime Ministers making it the strongest political force in the European Council, together with the European People's Party.
Crucial topics will be discussed such as migration, defence or the state of play of Brexit negotiations.
Invited participants are:
Andrej Babiš, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
Miro Cerar, Prime Minister of Slovenia
Charles Michel, Prime Minister of Belgium
Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark
Jüri Ratas, Prime Minister of Estonia
Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Juha Sipilä, Prime Minister of Finland
Andrus Ansip, Vice President, European Commissioner for Digital Single Market
Violeta Bulc, European Commissioner for Transport
Vĕra Jourová, European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
Cecilia Malmström, European Commissioner for Trade
Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition
Mustafa Karadayi, Chairman of Movement for Rights and Freedoms
Venue: Egmont Palace, Brussels
Schedule:
11:30 Arrivals of the participants
11:50 - 12:00 Family picture
12:00 - 13:30 Liberal Pre-Summit meeting
For accreditation and bilateral interview requests, please fill in the form: www.aldeparty.eu/press-accreditation-form
Members of the press must enter the Egmont Palace through the Entrance 8 bis in Place du Petit Sablon. Journalists and crews must carry a valid form of identification at all times while on site.
Additional press information can be obtained through Didrik de Schaetzen, ALDE Party Head of Communications, on ddeschaetzen@aldeparty.eu +32 479 33 10 27
For further information about the Pre-Summit meeting, please contact Emily Death, ALDE Party Head of the Events and Fundraising Unit, on events@aldeparty.eu +32 2 237 01 49