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PES preparation meeting before informal European summit Friday 23 February
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Event Description
The Party of European Socialists will hold a preparatory meeting of progressive heads of government in Brussels on Friday 23 February to discuss common positions in advance of the informal EU summit later that day.
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Location
PES headquarters, Rue Guimard 10-12, 1000 Brussels. View map
Agenda
07:30 Arrival of participants
07:45 Start of the meeting
08:45 End of the meeting
Special notes
- Please note the change of venue for this meeting.
- Space is limited. You are welcome to attend, but please do not register if you do not intend to attend.
- Access to the venue is restricted for technical and security reasons. All journalists will be required to show press credentials before entering the building.
- Due to venue limitations, it will not be possible to allow media access to the meeting room on this occasion. There will be 'doorstepping' only.
Attendance
- Sergei Stanishev, president of PES
- Paolo Gentiloni, prime minister of Italy
- Stefan Löfven, prime minister of Sweden
- Joseph Muscat, prime minister of Malta
- Alexis Tsipras, prime minister of Greece (observer) (tbc)
- Fofi Gennimata, leader of PASOK, Greece
- Udo Bullman MEP, acting president of the S&D group
- Federica Mogherini, EU high representative for foreign & security policy (tbc)
- Frans Timmermans, first vice-president of the European Commission
- Maroš Šefčovič, Euopean Commissioner (tbc)
- Karl-Heinz Lambertz, president of the European Committee of the Regions
For more information, please contact Toby Wardman
toby.wardman@pes.eu, +32 491 86 97 48
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