LIBERAL DEMOCRAT LUNCH SUMMIT
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The ELDR Party, together with the liberal group in the European Parliament (ALDE) and the European Democratic Party, are hosting a lunch summit on Thursday 16 December with the liberal prime ministers, deputy prime ministers and commission vice president.
The topics on the agenda are European economic governance and the EU budget.
The lunch will be followed by an ELDR press conference with Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, ELDR President; Brian Cowen, Prime Minister of Ireland; Mari Kiviniemi, Prime Minister of Finland; Werner Hoyer, Minister of State for European Affairs, Germany; and Siim Kallas, European Commission Vice President.
Summit programme
12h00 - 13h30 : Lunch discussion
13h30 - 14h00 : ELDR press conference
Location
De Warande, 1 Zinnerstraat, 1000 Brussels
Participants
Danny Alexander - Chief Secretary to the Treasury, UK
Andrus Ansip - Prime Minister of Estonia
François Bayrou - Co-President of the European Democratic Party
Brian Cowen -Prime Minister of Ireland
Werner Hoyer -Minister of State for European Affairs, Germany
Sim Kallas - Vice-President of the European Commission, Commissioner for Transport
Mari Kiviniemi -Prime Minister of Finland
Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck - President of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party
Birgitta Ohlsson - Minister for European Affairs, Sweden
Didier Reynders - Deputy Prime Minister, Belgium
Francesco Rutelli -Co-President of the European Democratic Party
Mark Rutte -Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Guy Vanhengel -Deputy Prime Minister, Belgium
Guy Verhofstadt -President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
cpuletti@eldr.eu
For press queries please contact ELDR’s press officer, Chiara Puletti, cpuletti@eldr.eu, tel: +32.2237.0143.