This document lists 59 meetings held by the Open Society European Policy Institute with European Commissioners, their cabinet members, and director-generals since December 2014. The meetings covered a wide range of topics including rule of law, democracy, gender equality, refugee/migration issues, foreign policy, and economic/financial affairs in countries like Ukraine, Moldova and Armenia. The majority of meetings were with Frans Timmermans, the First Vice President in charge of better regulation and rule of law.

1. Last update: 16/05/2019
List of meetings Open Society European Policy Institute has held with Commissioners, Members of their
Cabinet or Director-Generals since 01/12/2014 under its current ID number in the Transparency Register:
8557515321-37.
Nr Commission
representative
Portfolio Date Location Subject(s)
1 Alvaro De Elera,
Cabinet member of
Frans Timmermans
Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
06/03/2019 Brussels Rule of Law
2 Alvaro De Elera,
Cabinet member of
Frans Timmermans
Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
15/02/2019 Brussels Rule of Law
3 Frans Timmermans,
First Vice-President
Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
21/01/2019 Phone conference Democracy, Rule of
Law, Future of
Europe
4 Frans Timmermans,
First Vice-President
Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
26/11/2018 Brussels Democracy, Rule of
Law, Future of
Europe
5 Martin Selmayr,
Secretary-General
Secretariat-General
(SG)
09/11/2018 Brussels, Belgium Intervention on
future European
policies concerning
digital
transformation in
the European
Union.
6 Frans Timmermans,
First Vice-President
Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
26/09/2018 New York Democracy, Rule of
Law, Future of
Europe
7 Christos
Stylianides,
Commissioner
Sohail Luka,
Cabinet member of
Christos Stylianides
Mathieu Briens,
Cabinet member of
Christos Stylianides
Humanitarian Aid &
Crisis Management
23/09/2018 New York Humanitarian
challenges in Africa
8 Jani Taivalantti,
Cabinet member of
Federica Mogherini
Foreign Affairs and
Security Policy
13/07/2018 Brussels Current situation in
Armenia
9 Jani Taivalantti,
Cabinet member of
Federica Mogherini
Foreign Affairs and
Security Policy
24/04/2018 Brussels Developments in
the implementation
of the EU-Moldova
Association
Agreement and
reforms
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2. 10 Frans Timmermans,
First Vice-President
Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
16/04/2018 Brussels Future of Europe
11 Frans Timmermans,
First Vice-President
Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
07/03/2018 Brussels, BERL Discussion of
gender equality
and the Future of
Europe
12 Liene Balta,
Cabinet member of
Frans Timmermans
Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
16/02/2018 Munich Future of Europe
13 Frans Timmermans,
First Vice-President
Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
16/02/2018 Munich Future of Europe
14 Lisbeth KOENEN,
Cabinet member of
Frans Timmermans
Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
16/02/2018 Munich Future of Europe
15 Günther Oettinger,
Commissioner
Budget & Human
Resources
16/02/2018 München conditionality
16 Frans Timmermans,
First Vice-President
Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
01/02/2018 Brussels Future of Europe
17 Margrethe
Vestager,
Commissioner
Competition 01/02/2018 Brussels, Belgium EU Policy
18 Pierre Moscovici,
Commissioner
Economic and
Financial Affairs,
Taxation and
Customs
31/01/2018 Brussels Meeting with
George Soros to
discuss current
European political-
and policy issues.
19 Markus Schulte,
Cabinet member of
Günther Oettinger
Budget & Human
Resources
16/01/2018 Brussels MFF
20 Margrethe
Vestager,
Commissioner
Competition 10/11/2017 Brussels, Belgium EU Current Affairs
21 Frans Timmermans,
First Vice-President
Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
18/09/2017 New York Open Society
European Policy
22 Massimo Suardi,
Cabinet member of
Valdis Dombrovskis
Valdis Dombrovskis
,
Vice-President
Karolina Leib,
Cabinet member of
Valdis Dombrovskis
Euro and Social
Dialogue, also in
charge of Financial
Stability, Financial
Services and
Capital Markets
Union
01/06/2017 Brussels Future of Eurozone
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3. 23 Frans Timmermans,
First Vice-President
Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
01/06/2017 Brussels NGO Laws in
Hungary
24 Pierre Moscovici,
Commissioner
Economic and
Financial Affairs,
Taxation and
Customs
31/05/2017 Brussels the future of the
EU’s economic and
monetary union
post-Brexit,
including Eurozone
governance, and
broader questions
around the future
of Europe debate.
25 Christos
Stylianides,
Commissioner
Humanitarian Aid &
Crisis Management
31/05/2017 Brussels Refugee Crisis
26 Anna-Maria Elleni
BOURA,
Cabinet member of
Federica Mogherini
Foreign Affairs and
Security Policy
18/05/2017
(Cancelled)
Brussels
(Berlaymont)
Exchange of views
on Western Balkans
27 Anna-Maria Elleni
BOURA,
Cabinet member of
Federica Mogherini
Foreign Affairs and
Security Policy
18/05/2017 Brussels
(Berlaymont)
EU-Western
Balkans Relations
28 Frans Timmermans,
First Vice-President
Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
28/04/2017 Brussel Democracy, Rule of
Law and Future of
Europe
29 Pauline Rouch,
Cabinet member of
Jean-Claude
Juncker
Jean-Claude
Juncker,
President
Michael Shotter,
Cabinet member of
Jean-Claude
Juncker
President 27/04/2017 Brussels EU Affairs and EU
Civil Society
30 Monika
Ladmanova,
Cabinet member of
Věra Jourová
Věra Jourová,
Commissioner
Justice, Consumers
and Gender
Equality
26/04/2017 Brussels, Belgium Roma issues
31 Stefano Manservisi,
Director-General
EuropeAid
Development &
Cooperation
(DEVCO)
25/04/2017 Exchange of views Exchange of ideas
32 Thomas Zerdick,
Cabinet member of
Frans Timmermans
Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
29/03/2017 Bruxelles Situation in
Hungary
33 Michael DOCZY,
Cabinet member of
Johannes Hahn
European
Neighbourhood
Policy &
Enlargement
Negotiations
26/01/2017 brussels judiciary, equality
reform
34 Frans Timmermans,
First Vice-President
Bernd Martenczuk,
Cabinet member of
Frans Timmermans
Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
26/01/2017 Brussels, Belgium Protection of
fundamental rights
and rule of law
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4. 35 Pierre Moscovici,
Commissioner
Economic and
Financial Affairs,
Taxation and
Customs
19/01/2017 Davos Economic and
policy outlook in
the US and Europe
36 Bernd Martenczuk,
Cabinet member of
Frans Timmermans
Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
20/12/2016 Brussels Fundamental rights
strategy
37 Michael Curtis,
Cabinet member of
Federica Mogherini
Foreign Affairs and
Security Policy
16/12/2016 Brussels Egypt
38 Monika
Ladmanova,
Cabinet member of
Věra Jourová
Justice, Consumers
and Gender
Equality
16/11/2016 Brussels, Belgium Education
39 Bernd Martenczuk,
Cabinet member of
Frans Timmermans
Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
18/07/2016 Berlaymont Roma policy
40 Angelina Gros-
Tchorbadjiyska,
Cabinet member of
Kristalina
Georgieva
Budget & Human
Resources
02/03/2016 Brussels Meeting with Ms
Kinga Goncz
41 Michel Servoz,
Director-General
Employment, Social
Affairs and
Inclusion (EMPL)
02/03/2016 Michel Servoz
office
Situation of Roma
in South-Eastern
Europe
42 Monika
Ladmanova,
Cabinet member of
Věra Jourová
Věra Jourová,
Commissioner
Justice, Consumers
and Gender
Equality
25/02/2016 Brussels, Belgium Ukraine and access
to the legal aid
43 Frans Timmermans,
First Vice-President
Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
17/02/2016 Brussels Roundtable
Fundamental
Rights
44 Iwona Piorko
Bermig,
Cabinet member of
Federica Mogherini
Foreign Affairs and
Security Policy
11/12/2015 Brussels Meeting with
Armenian experts
45 Milica PETROVIC,
Cabinet member of
Dimitris
Avramopoulos
Sofia Asteriadi,
Cabinet member of
Dimitris
Avramopoulos
Dimitris
Avramopoulos,
Commissioner
Migration, Home
Affairs and
Citizenship
17/11/2015 Brussels Refugee crisis
46 Tatyana Panova,
Cabinet member of
Valdis Dombrovskis
Valdis Dombrovskis
,
Vice-President
Euro and Social
Dialogue, also in
charge of Financial
Stability, Financial
Services and
Capital Markets
Union
17/11/2015 Brussels, Belgium EU response to
refugee crisis and
reform progress in
Ukraine.
47 Alice Richard,
Cabinet member of
Frans Timmermans
Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
30/06/2015 Berlaymont Fight against anti-
seministm and
anti-Muslim hatred
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5. 48 Věra Jourová,
Commissioner
Justice, Consumers
and Gender
Equality
11/06/2015 Brussels, Belgium Progress on Roma
inclusion
49 Ann Mettler, Head the EPSC 10/06/2015 Berlaymont Meeting with the
Director of the
Open Society
European Policy
Institute
50 Liene Balta,
Cabinet member of
Frans Timmermans
Alice Richard,
Cabinet member of
Frans Timmermans
Bernd Martenczuk,
Cabinet member of
Frans Timmermans
Frans Timmermans,
First Vice-President
Better Regulation,
Interinstitutional
Relations, the Rule
of Law and the
Charter of
Fundamental
Rights
14/04/2015 Berlaymont,
Brussels
Annual Colloquium
on the situation of
fundamental rights
in the EU
51 Kristalina
Georgieva,
Vice-President
Budget & Human
Resources
21/03/2015 Berlaymont Meeting with
George Soros in
margins of GMF
Forum Brussels
52 Jean-Claude
Juncker,
President
President 20/03/2015 Brussels Meeting with
George Soros
53 Christos
Stylianides,
Commissioner
Humanitarian Aid &
Crisis Management
20/03/2015 Brussels Situation in Ukraine
and support from
the EU
54 Věra Jourová,
Commissioner
Justice, Consumers
and Gender
Equality
19/03/2015 Brussels, Belgium Roma issues
55 Gabriel - Calin
Onaca,
Cabinet member of
Corina Crețu
Dragos Bucurenci,
Cabinet member of
Corina Crețu
Regional Policy 19/02/2015 Bruxelles Regional
development and
the de-
institutionalisation
agenda
56 Věra Jourová,
Commissioner
Justice, Consumers
and Gender
Equality
16/02/2015 Brussels, Belgium Equal Treatment
Directive
57 Iwona Piorko
Bermig,
Cabinet member of
Federica Mogherini
Foreign Affairs and
Security Policy
28/01/2015 Brussels Meeting with
Deputy Director of
Ukraine Foundation,
Ms Inna Pidluska
58 Věra Jourová,
Commissioner
Justice, Consumers
and Gender
Equality
09/12/2014 Brussels, Belgium Non-discrimination
policies
59 Hanna Jahns,
Cabinet member of
Johannes Hahn
European
Neighbourhood
Policy &
Enlargement
Negotiations
04/12/2014 Brussels Governance issues
in the
neighbourhood
Reference:
Publication of meetings is based on the provisions of
Commission decision on the publication of information on meetings held between Directors-General of the
Commission and organisations or self-employed individuals - (2014/838/EU, Euratom) of 25.11.2014.
and
Commission decision on the publication of information on meetings held between Members of the
Commission and organisations or self-employed individuals - (2014/839/EU, Euratom) of 25.11.2014.
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