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 22 March ahead of the European Council Summitof the same day.

Invited participants are:

• Andrej Babiš, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
• 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
• 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
  
  
• Vince Cable, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, United Kingdom
• Albert Rivera, Leader of Ciudadanos, Spain

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