At the invitation of ALDE Party President Hans van Baalen, leader of the ALDE Group in the European Parliament Guy Verhofstadt, and Prime Minister of Belgium Charles Michel;
liberal Prime Ministers and European Commissioners will meet at the Egmont Palace in Brussels on Thursday 18 February ahead of the European Council Summit of the same day. 
Crucial topics will be discussed such as the forthcoming referendum in the United Kingdom, the latest developments on tackling the migration crisis and the current political situation in Poland.

Confirmed participants are:

• Hans van Baalen, ALDE Party President
   
• Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
• Miro Cerar, Prime Minister of Slovenia
• Charles Michel, Prime Minister of Belgium
• Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark
• Taavi Rõivas, Prime Minister of Estonia
• Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• Juha Sipilä, Prime Minister of Finland

• Andrus Ansip, Vice President, European Commissioner for Digital Single Market
• Violeta Bulc, European Commissioner for Transport
• Vĕra Jourová, European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
• Cecilia Malmström, European Commissioner for Trade
• Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition

• Guy Verhofstadt, Leader of the ALDE Group in the European Parliament
   
• François Bayrou, President of the European Democratic Party and leader of MoDem, France
• Tim Farron, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, United Kingdom
• Ryszard Petru, Leader of the Nowoczesna Party, Poland 

Venue: Egmont Palace, Brussels

Schedule:

12:45                  Arrival of the participants

13:15 – 14:30     Liberal Pre-Summit meeting

14:30 - 14:35     Family picture

14:35 - 14:45     Press statement
                         

Press accreditations: 

Accreditation is mandatory by using the onlineform www.aldeparty.eu/en/press-accreditation-form 
Members of the press must enter the Egmont Palace through the Entrance 8 bis in Place du Petit Sablon. Journalists and crews must carry a valid form of identification at all times while on site.

A light lunch will be served for the members of the Press in the Library of the Egmont Palace from 13.30 to 14.15.

Additional press information can be obtained through Didrik de Schaetzen, ALDE Party Head of Communications, on ddeschaetzen@aldeparty.eu +32 479 33 10 27.
 

For further information about the Pre-Summit meeting, please contact ALDE Party Events & Business Relations Manager Emily Death on events@aldeparty.eu +32 2 237 01 49.