Overview
Lobbying Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.3 Fte (13)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
51
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Avaaz Foundation
EU Transparency Register
475565317526-24 First registered on 27 May 2015
Goals / Remit
Avaaz empowers millions of people from all walks of life to take action on pressing global, regional and national issues, from corruption and poverty to conflict and climate change. Avaaz’s model of internet organising allows thousands of individual efforts, however small, to be rapidly combined into a powerful collective force. By signing up to Avaaz emails, members are rapidly alerted to urgent global issues and opportunities to achieve change. The Avaaz community campaigns in 21 languages, served by a core team on 6 continents and thousands of volunteers. Avaaz takes action -- signing petitions, funding media campaigns and direct actions, emailing, calling and lobbying governments, and organizing "offline" protests and events -- to ensure that the views and values of the world's people inform the decisions that affect humanity.
Main EU files targeted
Artificial Intelligence Act
Directive of the EU Parliament and of the COUncil on combating violence against women and domestic violence
Digital Services Act
EU Code of Practice on Disinformation
EU Green Deal
EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Activities
Platform Workers Conditions Directive (PWCD)
Political Ads Transparency Directive
REPowerEUAddress
Head Office
Avaaz Foundation 27 Union Square West Suite 500
NEW YORK 10003
UNITED STATESEU Office
Avaaz Foundation 27 Union Square West Suite 500
NEW YORK 10003
UNITED STATESWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
13
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 4 10% 8 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.3
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 15 Mar 2023
Name Start date End Date Nadia GUERLENDA CABRAL 03 May 2023 02 May 2024 Sam RYAN 29 Apr 2023 26 Apr 2024 Ms Nadia GUERLENDA CABRAL 03 May 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Sam RYAN 29 Apr 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Nadia GUERLENDA CABRAL 13 Apr 2023 03 May 2023 Nadia GUERLENDA CABRAL 13 Apr 2023 20 Apr 2023 Mr Sam RYAN 31 Mar 2022 31 Mar 2023 Mr Luca NICOTRA 11 Mar 2022 11 Mar 2023 Ms Sarah ANDREW 11 Mar 2022 11 Mar 2023 Complementary Information
Avaaz had approximately 13 team members that worked on the activities described in the box above in 2022. 1 of these people spent approximately 50% of its time on the listed activities, 4 spent on average approximately 4% of their time on such activities and 8 spent 10% of their time. The FTE is therefore approximately 2.3 persons.
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
Save Bees and Farmers ECI alliance
People vs Big Tech
EU Media Advocacy group (EDAG)Member organisations
The Avaaz community is made up of more than 70 million members in more than 190 countries.
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
300,000€ - 399,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
- Campaigning activities
Stop Fuelling Putin’s War public campaign (March 2022)
Stop the war stunt in Brussels (March 2022)
Peace sign Press release (March 2022)
Consultation of the European Commission SAM Twitterstorm SAM
EU Energy Twitterstorm SAM (March 2022)
Twitter Storm Joann Video (March 2022)
EU, France: DSA Trilogue Twitter Storm - hours left (March 2022)
EU Taxonomy SAM: Ukraine Voices to EP (in May)
EU Commission Ombudsman complaint SAM (in May)
Europe: No Gift for Putin - EU Taxonomy (June 2022)
EU Disinformation Code Press release (June 2022)
EU Taxonomy SAM to EP before the vote - EU & Ukraine (June and July 2022)
EU Windfall tax (September 2022)
SuperPower EU Retweet (September 2022)
EU deforestation 2022 push (September 2022)
Sudan / Free Amal campaign letter to Borrell's office - EEAS (November 2022)
Putting Big Oil CEOs on notice - Energy Charter Treaty SAM addressing EU (December 2022)
Meetings
Meeting with Annika Ojala, Lead Campaigner at the EU Parliament with MEP Terry Reintke (Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on combating violence against women and domestic violence)
Meetings on Digital Services Act :
...with Estonian perm representative on EU Council (Feb 2022)
...with Latvian perm representative on EU Council (Feb 2022)
...with MEP Christel Schaldemose (March 2022)
...with MEP Alexandra Geese (March 2022)
...with Breton, Vestager and Viola (March 2022)
...with French perm representative on EU Council (March 2022)
...with Kriztina Stump EU Commission (November 2022)
Meetings on Artificial Intelligence Act
...with Brando Benifei MEP SnD (March 2022)
...with Brando Benifei MEP SnD (March 2022)
...with Kim Van Sparrentech MEP (Greens - March 2022)
...with Ressler MEP (May 2022)
...with Lidiya Simova (on behalf of MEP Petar Vitanov) - (May 2022)
...with Laura assistant to to Brando Benifei MEP SnD (May 2022)
...with Killian Gross EU Commission (May 2022)
...with Sergey LAGODINSKY office (May 2022) (July 2022)
...with Filipe Antunes Batista perm representative on EU Council Portugal rep (July 2022)
...with Lidiya Simova (on behalf of MEP Petar Vitanov) - Nov 2022
...with Dan Nechita (on behalf of Dragos Turodache MEP renew) - Nov 2022
...with Lydia (on behalf of Vitanov MEP SD) - Nov 2022
...with Laura (on behalf of Benifei MEP S) - Nov 2022
- Platform Workers Conditions Directive (PWCD)
Meeting with Kim Van Sparrentech MEP (Greens) - June 2022
Meeting with Kim Van Sparrentech office Simona MEP (Greens) - December 2022
- Political Ads Transparency Directive
Meeting with Magrida Marques MEP - March 2022
Meeting with Sandro Gozi MEP - March 2022Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
51 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 05 Dec 2023 Location brussels Subject AI Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Attending - Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Dec 2023 Location Brussels Subject Artificial intelligence act Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Sep 2023 Location Brussels Subject AI Act Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Sep 2023 Location videoconference Subject AI Act Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject DSA and disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Eleonora Ocello (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Jun 2022 Location Brussels Subject Disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Twitter International Unlimited Company
- TikTok Technology Ltd
- Fundación Maldita.es contra la desinformación: periodismo, educación investigación y datos en nuevos formatos
- Reporters sans frontières
- Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries (f/k/a Facebook Ireland Limited)
- Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe
- Microsoft Corporation
- DOT Europe
- Newsback
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Date 16 Jun 2022 Location Brussels Subject Disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists - Microsoft Corporation
- Twitter International Unlimited Company
- Reporters sans frontières
- DOT Europe
- Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe
- TikTok Technology Ltd
- Newsback
- Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries (f/k/a Facebook Ireland Limited)
- Fundación Maldita.es contra la desinformación: periodismo, educación investigación y datos en nuevos formatos
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Date 16 Mar 2022 Location Brussels Subject DSA and the fight against disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Mar 2022 Location Brussels Subject DSA DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 10 Mar 2022 Location Brussels Subject Digital Services Act Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 10 Mar 2022 Location Brussels Subject DSA DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 10 Dec 2021 Location Videoconference Subject DSA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Dec 2021 Location Online Subject Digital Services Act Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Sep 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Fight against disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Jun 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Webinar on disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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Date 24 Jun 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Code of Practice on disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 May 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
- Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Apr 2021 Location Online Subject Presentation of their report on disinformation, Digital Services Act Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Mar 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
- Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
- Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Mar 2021 Location Video conference Subject Substainable Corporate Governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
- Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 16 Feb 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
- Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Dec 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Roundtable with NGOs on DSA and DMA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - Wikimedia Foundation
- Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband
- epicenter.works - Plattform Grundrechtspolitik
- Access Now Europe
- Counter Extremism Project
- European Digital Rights
- Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs
- HOMO DIGITALIS ΑΣΤΙΚΗ ΜΗ ΚΕΡΔΟΣΚΟΠΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Centre for Democracy & Technology, Europe
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Date 25 Nov 2020 Location videoconference Subject Disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
- Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Nov 2020 Location Videoconference Subject DSA and EDAP Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Nov 2020 Location video conference Subject DSA and EDAP Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Nov 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Jul 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Responsibility and accountability of online platforms Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 19 Mar 2020 Location Brussels, videoconference Subject Climate action in the context of the European Green Deal Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Stefanie Hiesinger (Cabinet member)
- Damyana Stoynova (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Jan 2020 Location Brussels Subject Avaaz work and discussion with the Commission's role against Misinformation. Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Maria Luisa Cabral (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Feb 2019 Location Brussels Subject Disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King Portfolio Security Union Attending - Ulrik Trolle Smed (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Feb 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet member)
- Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Feb 2019 Location Brussels Subject Disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Jan 2019 Location Brussels Subject Disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Manuel Mateo-Goyet (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Oct 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Introducing Avaaz, Disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet member)
- Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Oct 2018 Location Brussels Subject Election Security Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King Portfolio Security Union Attending - Julian King (Commissioner)
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Date 15 Oct 2018 Location Brussels Subject Disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 12 Oct 2018 Location Brussels Subject Election Security Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King Portfolio Security Union Attending - Julie Ruff (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Oct 2018 Location Brussels Subject Disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Manuel Mateo-Goyet (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Oct 2018 Location Brussels Subject Disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Vivian Loonela (Cabinet member)
- Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Sep 2018 Location Brussels Subject Marine Protected Areas Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Andras Inotai (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject Biodiversity, Ocean Governance Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Andras Inotai (Cabinet member)
- Andrew Bianco (Cabinet member)
- Brian Synnott (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject Disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Manuel Mateo-Goyet (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject Meeting on Digital taxation, FTT and CBCR Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner)
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Date 26 Jun 2018 Location Berlaymont Subject Civil Society Outreach DG Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action Attending - Ann Mettler (Director-General)
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Date 20 Apr 2018 Location Brussels Subject Disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Manuel Mateo-Goyet (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Apr 2018 Location Brussels Subject Neonicotinoids Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Leon Delvaux (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Aug 2017 Location Brussels Subject Acquisition of Monsanto by Bayer AG Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Leon Delvaux (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject Migration Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Carlo Zadra (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Jun 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Climate Action and Energy Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Telmo Baltazar (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject Avaaz campaign on glyphosate: - IARC report, monograph, wording of the mandate for EFSA; - Role of corporate-funded science in public health regulation;- Next steps in glyphosate review process;- Further engagement with Avaaz members (Meeting with Bert Wander) Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject Migration Agenda Cabinet Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini Portfolio Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Attending - Fabrizia Panzetti (Cabinet member)
- Meetings