At the invitation of ALDE Party President Hans van Baalen MEP and Guy Verhofstadt MEP, leader of the ALDE Group in the European Parliament; liberal Prime Ministers and European Commissioners will meet at the Egmont Palace in Brussels on Thursday 13 December ahead of the European Council Summit of the same day.

Invited participants are:

• Andrej Babiš, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
• Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
• Charles Michel, Prime Minister of Belgium 
• Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark
• Jüri Ratas, Prime Minister of Estonia
• Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• Marjan Šarec, Prime Minister of Slovenia
• 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
   
• Albert Rivera, Leader of the Ciudadanos Party, Spain 
• Micheál Martin, Leader of the Fianna Fáil Party, Ireland

Venue: Egmont Palace, Brussels

Schedule:

11:30 - 11:50        Arrivals 

11:50 – 12:00       Family Photo

12:00 - 13:30       ALDE Pre-Summit Lunch Meeting

Press accreditations: 

For accreditation and bilateral interview requests, please fill in the form below: www.aldeparty.eu/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.

Additional press information can be obtained through Didrik de Schaetzen, ALDE Party Head of Communications, on [email protected] +32 479 33 10 27

For further information about the Pre-Summit meeting, please contact Emily Death, ALDE Party Head of the Events and Fundraising Unit, on [email protected] +32 2 237 01 49