ELDR leaders to discuss election resultseldr, Monday 15 June 2009 14:55 ::
ELDR prime ministers, ministers, commissioners and party leaders will gather together on Thursday 18th June for the traditional ELDR Leaders and Ministers meeting in advance of the European summit.
This meeting will be the first time that ELDR's leaders will have gathered since the European elections and the main focus of the discussions will be the election results and the composition of the liberal democrat group in the European parliament. Party leaders will also discuss the latest state of play regarding the Lisbon Treaty with Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen and the priorities of the upcoming Swedish EU presidency in the company of Maud Olofsson, Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of Centerpartiet, Sweden and Cecilia Malmström, Swedish Minister for European Affairs. The participants will arrive from 11:30 and there will be a family photo and press conference at 14:30 following the meeting. The event will take place at the Palais d'Egmont, Petit Sablon 8 in Brussels, Belgium. President of the ELDR Party Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck MEP Prime Ministers, Commissioners, Ministers and Leaders Andrus Ansip, Prime Minister of Estonia Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister of Finland Brian Cowen, Prime Minister of Ireland Mariann Fischer Boel, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Siim Kallas, European Commission Vice-President, Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud Neelie Kroes, Commissioner for Competition Charlie McCreevy, Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services Louis Michel, Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Olli Rehn, Commissioner for Enlargement Karel de Gucht, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Belgium Cecilia Malmström, Minister of European Affairs, Sweden Astrid Thors, Minister of Immigration and European Affairs, Finland Werner Becher, Leader Liberales Forum, Austria Gjergj Dedaj, Leader, Liberal Party of Kosovo Ivars Godmanis, Co-President, Latvia's First Party / Latvia's Way, Latvia Werner Hoyer MP, Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, Free Democratic Party, Germany Jelko Kacin MEP, Liberal Democratic Party of Slovenia Mikhail Kasyanov, Leader People's Democratic Union, Russia Sergey Mitrokhin, Leader Yabloko Party, Russia Norica Nicolai, National Liberal Party, Romania Maud Olofsson, Deputy Prime Minister, Leader Centerpartiet, Sweden Leoluca Orlando MP, Italia dei Valori, Italy Didier Reynders, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Leader Mouvement Réformateur, Belgium Mark Rutte MP, Leader VVD, The Netherlands Federica Sabbati, ELDR Party Secretary General, Italy David Usupashvili, Leader Republican Party, Georgia Guy Verhofstadt, Leader Open VLD, Belgium Graham Watson MEP, Leader ALDE group, European Parliament, United Kingdom Click here to see the full list of participants |
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