The main focus of the discussion will be the distribution of portfolios in the new European Commission. Other topics on the agenda will be the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen and the state of the negotiations for a new global agreement; and the economic and financial situation in the EU.

The participants will arrive from 11:30 and there will be a family photo at 13:00. The closed meeting for prime ministers, liberal party leaders, commissioners and ministers will finish at 14:30 and will be followed immediately by a press conference between 14:30 – 15:00.

This event will take place at the Conrad Hotel, Avenue Louise 71, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.

Please find below a list of party leaders, ministers and commissioners attending the meeting:

President of the ELDR Party

Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck MEP

Prime Ministers, Commissioners, Ministers and Leaders

Andrus Ansip, Prime Minister of Estonia

Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister of Finland

Mariann Fischer Boel, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development

Karel De Gucht, Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid

Siim Kallas, European Commission Vice-President, Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud

Neelie Kroes, Commissioner for Competition

Janez Potočnik, Commissioner for Science and Research

Olli Rehn, Commissioner for Enlargement

Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for Health, Cyprus

Cecilia Malmström, Minister of European Affairs, Commissioner designate, Sweden

Dick Roche, Minister of European Affairs, Ireland

Astrid Thors, Minister of Migration and European Affairs, Finland

Hans van Baalen, President, Liberal International, The Netherlands

Radimir Čačić, Leader HNS Croatia People’s Party, Croatia

Flo Clucas, ALDE Group Leader, Committee of the Regions, UK

Sean O'Curneen Cañas, Leader, Centro Democrático Liberal, Spain

Gjergj Dedaj, Leader, Liberal Party of Kosovo, Kosovo

Hristina Hristova, Leader, National Movement Stability and Progress, Bulgaria

Praxoula Antoniadou Kyriacou, Leader, United Democrats, Cyprus

Behgjet Pacolli, Leader, Alliance for a New Kosovo, Kosovo

Antonio Di Pietro, Leader, Italia dei Valori, Italy

Didier Reynders, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Leader Mouvement Réformateur, Belgium

Aloys Rigaut, President, LYMEC, Belgium

Mark Rutte, Leader, VVD, The Netherlands

Guy Verhofstadt MEP, Leader ALDE Group, European Parliament, Belgium

Alexander Beels, Secretary General, ALDE Group, European Parliament, The Netherlands

Marc Guerrero, ELDR Vice President, Convergència Democràtica, Catalonia

Herman Herpelinck, Secretary General of the ALDE Group in NATO, Belgium

Lousewies van der Laan, ELDR Vice President, The Netherlands

Markus Löning, ELDR Vice President, Freie Demokratische Partei, Germany

Federica Sabbati, Secretary General, ELDR Party, Italy

For press enquiries, please contact Philipp Hansen, phansen@eldr.eu, tel +32.2551.0160; and Chiara Puletti, cpuletti@eldr.eu, tel +32.2237.0143, mobile +32.488.475.966.