ALDE Party Pre-Summit meeting - Main contents
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