
The General Secretary of AKEL to visit Brussels
3 May 2023, AKEL C.C. Press Office, Nicosia
An AKEL delegation headed by the General Secretary of the Central Committee of AKEL, Stefanos Stefanou, departed for Brussels today, to participate in the meeting organised by the Political Group of the Left – GUE/NGL ahead of the 2024 European elections.
The General Secretary of AKEL will have bilateral meetings with leaders of the Left Parties participating in the meeting. He will also have contacts with the Head of the Office of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy Z. Borell, Camillo Villarino Marzo, as well as with the Director-General of the Directorate for Structural Reform Support, Mario Nava.
Finally, he will address an event organised by AKEL in the European Parliament on “Traditional Seeds, Biodiversity and the Food Crisis”.
The General Secretary of AKEL will be accompanied in his contacts by the Head of the International Relations and European Policy Sector of the C.C. of AKEL Vera Polycarpou.
The programme of meetings is as follows:
PROGRAMME OF THE VISIT OF THE GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE C.C. OF AKEL, STEFANOS STEFANOU, BRUSSELS, 3 – 5 May 2023
4 May
9:00 Meeting with the General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Belgium PTB/PVDA, Peter Mertens, at the European Parliament
10:30 Meeting with the President of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) Kateřina Konečná at the European Parliament
11:30 Meeting with the General Secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) Paulo Raimundo in the European Parliament
12:15 Meeting with the President of Sinn Féin Ireland Declan Kearney at the European Parliament
13:30 Address by the General Secretary of AKEL to the debate on “Traditional Seeds, Biodiversity and the Food Crisis” (European Parliament – Room PHS 7C50)
14:15 Meeting of the Political Group of the Left – GUE/NGL
5 May
9:20 Meeting with the leader of the Left Party of Germany Martin Sinderman
11:00 Meeting with the Head of the Office of the High Representative of the European Union Camilo Villarino Marzo (European Commission Building)
12:00 Meeting with Mario Nava, Director-General of the Directorate General for Structural Reform Support, Mario Nava (European Commission building)

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