European Council on Foreign Relations

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Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

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ECFR organized activities to provide meeting space for EU decisionmakers to share ideas for common action and to promote informed debate on Europe’s role in the world
AFRICA: EU Special Envoy Emanuela Del Re attended the Sahel Strategy Group (27 Jan) and a dinner & panel in Italy (1-2 Dec). On 15 Feb the paper on the Green Deal was discussed with Koen Doens (DG International Partnerships) & Helena König (EEAS). The Europe-Africa event (27 Jun) had the participation of Birgitte Markussen, EU Delegation to the AU. On 7 Jul the paper Why Britain, the EU, and Africa need one another was discussed with Rita Laranjinha (EEAS). The Berlin Africa forum (29-30 Sept) had the participation of Helena König (EEAS) & Birgitte Markussen. Kerstin Jorna (GROW) & Koen Doens were at the event on Europe’s strategy to compete (6 Dec). ASIA: The Indo-Pacific Strategy Group (3 Feb) was attended by Mauro Petriccione (DG CLIMA) & Anna Strzaska (EEAS). The event on Economic Security for the EU (17 Mar) had Maria Martin-Prat (DG Trade) as speaker. The discussion on EU-India Maritime-Security (5 Jul) had EEAS experts Alison Weston, Emmanuel Puig. The event on Europe & China in the Global South (14 Sep) was attended by Alexandre Giraldez & Abigael Vasselier (EEAS) & Hanna Zinner (EC). MEP Reinhard Bütikofer & Adeline Hinderer (EC) joined the 2022 European Caucus on China (10 Dec). EUROPEAN POWER: The articles Coercion with Chinese characteristics was discussed with MEP Reinhard Bütikofer (17 Feb), and The birth of a geopolitical Germany with MEP Sergey Lagodinsky (3 Mar). The Power Atlas was presented with HRVP Josep Borrell (29 Mar). ECFR organized briefings on European Sovereignty Index for EP with Mario Damen (SFOR & EPRS), as well as for EEAS with Maike Tribbels. On 13 Oct, the Brussels dinner on EU external tech strategy was chaired by Josep Borrell. MENA: Antonia Zafeiri (EEAS) & Eldar Mamedov (EP) joined the Egypt Roundtable (28 Feb-1 Mar). The China/MENA Workshop (6-7 Apr) was attended by Till Blume (EEAS). All Strategy groups meetings were in Brussels, including the GCC-EU (14 Jun) with Carl Hallergard (EEAS) & Hannah Neumann (EP); on Iran (14-15 Jun) with EEAS experts Bruno Scholl, Florin Nita; on Yemen (14-15 Sept) with EEAS Martin Albani, Carl Hallergard & Anna Panagiotakopoulou. WIDER EUROPA: The webinar on Belarus (26 Jan) had the participation of Dorota Dlouchy (EEAS). Jolita Pons, EU Delegation to Russia joined the Russia Strategy Group (2 Feb). On 25 Feb the discussion on BiH was chaired by MEP Viola von Cramon. The seminar on Ukraine (10 May) was attended by Fredrik Wesslau, EU Advisory Mission. MEP Radoslaw Sikorski joined events about Ukraine on 7 Jun & 14 Dec. Two discussions on the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue were organized with Miroslav Lajčak, EU Special Representative (28-29 Sept & 1-2 Dec). The seminar on EU-Belarus Relation (24 Oct) was attended by MEPs Petras Auštrevičius, Andrius Kubilius, Juozas Olekas and Sergey Lagodinsky. Hervé Delphin (EEAS) joined the European Political Community meeting (22 Nov). On 19-20 Jun the ECFR’s ANNUAL COUNCIL MEETING had MEP Reinhard Bütikofer, Eva Maydell, Hannah Neumann & Katarína Mathernová (DG NEAR) as speakers. ECFR MADRID: On 22 Mar the transatlantic dialogue with Venezuela was attended by MEP Javier Lopez. The Brussels workshop on the EU external tech strategy (14 Oct) had Olivier Bailly (EEAS), Félix Fernández-Shaw (DG International Partnerships), David Ringrose (EEAS), Oliver Bringer (DG CNECT) as speakers. ECFR ROME organized a migration session (17 Feb) with Natalina Cea (EUBAM Libya). The Geopolitics of the Green Deal (11 Apr) had the participation of Stefano Grass (EC). On 23 Oct the energy security meeting was attended by Gilles Gantelet (DG Environment), Yolanda Garcia (DG Energy). ECFR WARSAW organized meetings on European security order (1 Feb) with MEP Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, on Ukraine refugee crisis with Beate Gminder (HOME) on 25 Mar & with Franz Lamplmair (HOME) last 25 Nov

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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.

• Date	27 Nov 2023	Location	BERLAYMONT, Brussels
  Subject	High-Level Working Dinner Preparation of the EU-China Summit
  Cabinet	Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
  Portfolio	President
  Attending	Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich im. Marka Karpia Mercator Institute for China Studies Royal United Services Institute Asociace pro mezinárodní otázky, z.s. Rhodium Group, LLC European Union Chamber of Commerce in China Institut Montaigne

• Date	03 Jul 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Think Tank Outreach, European Economic Security Strategy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
  Portfolio	An Economy that Works for People
  Attending	Kevin Keary (Cabinet member)

• Date	09 Jun 2023	Location	Madrid, Spain
  Subject	Lunch discussion organised by ECFR office in Madrid on EU Security and defence issues
  Cabinet	Cabinet of High Representative Josep Borrell Fontelles
  Portfolio	High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the Commission
  Attending	Josep Borrell Fontelles (High Representative)

• Date	28 Feb 2023	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	Working dinner - EU's agenda in 2023
  Cabinet	Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
  Portfolio	President
  Attending	Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy Real Instituto Elcano European Policy Centre Център за изследване на демокрацията / Center for the Study of Democracy Migration Policy Institute Europe Europe Jacques Delors Open Society European Policy Institute Mercator Institute for China Studies Carnegie Europe The Lisbon Council for Economic Competitiveness and Social Renewal asbl Bruegel Trans European Policy Studies Association European University Institute

• Date	11 Oct 2022	Location	online
  Subject	Europe Africa Business Forum; Global Gateway Business Advisory Group; Critical Raw Materials.
  DG	Directorate-General for International Partnerships
  Attending	Koen Doens (Director-General)

• Date	22 Jun 2022	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Discussion on strategic foresight
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
  Portfolio	Energy Union
  Attending	Dimitri Lorenzani (Cabinet member)

• Date	22 Jun 2022	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Discussion on strategic foresight
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
  Portfolio	Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight
  Attending	Dimitri Lorenzani (Cabinet member)

• Date	25 Feb 2022	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Global Gateway, Green Deal, Africa
  DG	Directorate-General for International Partnerships
  Attending	Koen Doens (Director-General)

• Date	16 Dec 2021	Location	Online
  Subject	EU external digital policy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
  Portfolio	Europe Fit for Digital Age
  Attending	Alejandro Cainzos (Cabinet member)

• Date	09 Dec 2021	Location	Berlin
  Subject	A New Normal: Europe, China and the Future of Global Trade.
  DG	Trade
  Attending	Sabine Weyand (Director-General)

• Date	15 Oct 2021	Location	Brussels
  Subject	External digital policy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
  Portfolio	Europe Fit for Digital Age
  Attending	Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)

• Date	14 Oct 2021	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Courtesy visit
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
  Portfolio	International Partnerships
  Attending	Sandra Bartelt (Cabinet member)

• Date	01 Oct 2021	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	ECFR Introducttion, Global Gateway and European Green Deal
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
  Portfolio	International Partnerships
  Attending	Arto Virtanen (Cabinet member) Sandra Bartelt (Cabinet member)

• Date	18 Jun 2021	Location	online
  Subject	ECFR briefing on European voter polling post-covid-19: global outlook
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Olivia Gippner (Cabinet member) Anthony Agotha (Cabinet member)

• Date	31 Jul 2020	Location	Brussels - Belgium
  Subject	High-Level Roundtable Discussion on: Resilience: How to better protect, prepare and transform the European Union? - [Via Webex]
  Cabinet	Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
  Portfolio	President
  Attending	Mary Veronica Tovsak Pleterski (Cabinet member) Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member) Sonia Vila Nunez (Cabinet member) Valeria Miceli (Cabinet member) Nicole Dewandre (Cabinet member) Olivier Smith (Cabinet member) Per Haugaard (Cabinet member) Fernando Sampedro Marcos (Cabinet member) Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	European Round Table for Industry Pandemic Action Network Collective Leadership Institute gGmbH Juridical Observatory on Digital Innovation Bruegel The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford European Society for Prevention Research The Club of Rome Amsterdam: AI Technology for People

• Date	28 Jul 2020	Location	Brussels - Belgium
  Subject	High-Level Roundtable Discussion on The State of the Union in 2020 and EU's Global Engagement in a Covid-19 world - [Via Webex]
  Cabinet	Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
  Portfolio	President
  Attending	Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member) Sonia Vila Nunez (Cabinet member) Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet member) Olivier Smith (Cabinet member) Nicole Dewandre (Cabinet member) Peteris Ustubs (Cabinet member) Brenda Furniere (Cabinet member) Valeria Miceli (Cabinet member) Per Haugaard (Cabinet member) Fernando Sampedro Marcos (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich im. Marka Karpia The Wallenberg Foundations AB European University Institute Mercator Institute for China Studies Carnegie Europe Real Instituto Elcano The German Marshall Fund of the United States - The Transatlantic Foundation GLOBSEC Vrije Universiteit Brussel Atlantic Council of the United States, Inc the Clingendael Institute Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy Egmont Institute

• Date	29 Apr 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	To discuss how to unlock Europe’s potential to act boldly and confidently in the digital age
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
  Portfolio	Europe Fit for Digital Age
  Attending	Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)

• Date	05 Feb 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	EU-Africa relations
  Cabinet	Cabinet of High Representative Josep Borrell Fontelles
  Portfolio	High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the Commission
  Attending	Maud Arnould (Cabinet member)

• Date	06 Dec 2019	Location	Copenhagen
  Subject	Meeting with director European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
  Portfolio	Europe Fit for Digital Age
  Attending	Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)

• Date	06 Nov 2017	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU
  DG	Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom
  Attending	Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force)
  Other Lobbyists	Finnish Institute of International Affairs European Policy Centre Centre on European Relations (Scotland) DCU Brexit Institute Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik Bruegel Centre for European Policy Studies Centre for European Reform Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors / Notre Europe - Jacques Delors Institute Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael’ Carnegie Europe Egmont Institute Real Instituto Elcano

• Date	11 Oct 2017	Location	bruxelles
  Subject	Turkey
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Johannes Hahn
  Portfolio	European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations
  Attending	Johannes Noack (Cabinet member) Michael Doczy (Cabinet member)

• Date	20 Jul 2017	Location	Brussels
  Subject	EU-China relations
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
  Portfolio	Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
  Attending	Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)

• Date	19 Jul 2017	Location	Brussels
  Subject	EU-China relations
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström
  Portfolio	Trade
  Attending	Miguel Ceballos Baron (Cabinet member)

• Date	08 Sep 2016	Location	Brussels Belgium
  Subject	State of the Union 2016
  Cabinet	Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
  Portfolio	President
  Attending	Clara Martinez Alberola (Cabinet member) Martin Selmayr (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Bruegel Migration Policy Institute Europe Egmont Institute Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors / Notre Europe - Jacques Delors Institute GLOBSEC Friends of Europe European Policy Centre The Lisbon Council for Economic Competitiveness and Social Renewal asbl Royal Institute of International Affairs

• Date	23 May 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	trade relations with China
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström
  Portfolio	Trade
  Attending	Miguel Ceballos Baron (Cabinet member)

• Date	23 May 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	EU-China relations
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
  Portfolio	Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
  Attending	Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)

• Date	26 Apr 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Market Economy Status for China
  Cabinet	Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
  Portfolio	President
  Attending	Leon Delvaux (Cabinet member)

• Date	17 Mar 2016	Location	Berlaymont
  Subject	exchange of views
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
  Portfolio	Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Management
  Attending	Zacharias Giakoumis (Cabinet member)

• Date	17 Mar 2016	Location	Berlaymont
  Subject	Invitation to attend ECFR's annual Council meeting
  Cabinet	Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
  Attending	Alice Richard (Cabinet member)

• Date	08 Dec 2015	Location	Bruxelles
  Subject	External Action of the EU
  Cabinet	Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
  Attending	Alice Richard (Cabinet member)

• Date	06 Nov 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Meeting focused on the organization's latest reports.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini
  Portfolio	Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
  Attending	Oliver Rentschler (Cabinet member)

• Date	01 Jul 2015	Location	Berlaymont
  Subject	EU foreign policy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
  Attending	Alice Richard (Cabinet member)

• Date	31 Mar 2015	Location	Berlaymont
  Subject	Meeting with Mr Nick Witney
  DG	Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action
  Attending	Ann Mettler (Director-General)

• Date	03 Feb 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Priorities of the new commission
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
  Portfolio	Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
  Attending	Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)

• Date	15 Jan 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Financial Services Policy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill
  Portfolio	Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
  Attending	Denzil Davidson (Cabinet member)