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 Cercle de Lorraine in Brussels on Wednesday 17 October ahead of the European Council Summit.

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
• 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
   
• Marjan Šarec, Prime Minister of Slovenia

Venue:  PLEASE NOTE: Cercle de Lorraine, Place Poelaert 6 in Brussels

Schedule:

15:15 - 15:30       Arrivals 

15:45                    Family Photo

16:00 - 17:30       ALDE Pre-Summit meeting

Press accreditations: 

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

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