Press Releases

Press events: Working meeting of the Austrian Federal Government and the European Commission

Programme and Press Events

Programme and Press Events

7.00
Hofburg press centre opens

10.00
Members of the European Commission arrive in Josefsplatz (entrance to the Conference Centre Hofburg Redoutensäle)
PHOTO and FILM OPPORTUNITY in Josefsplatz (press podium)

followed by
Members of the European Commission welcomed by the President-in-Office of the European Council, Federal Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel, Vice-Chancellor Hubert Gorbach and Ursula Plassnik, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, in the Conference Centre Hofburg Redoutensäle (room: Großer Redoutensaal)

POOL: Host broadcaster and host photographer*

10.15
FAMILY PHOTO (Conference Centre Hofburg Redoutensäle, room: Kleiner Redoutensaal; access for media representatives until 9.40 via Josefsplatz, entrance Kleine Redoutenstiege)

followed by
Working group meetings with members of the Federal Government and the European Commission

12.30
PRESS CONFERENCE with Federal Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel, President-in-Office of the European Council, and José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission (press conference room Kesselhaushof, ground floor; languages: German/English/French)

13.00 – 14.30
Lunch for media representatives in the press restaurant (Augustinertrakt)

13.00
Plenary session of the Austrian Federal Government and the European Commission in the form of a working lunch in the Conference Centre Hofburg Redoutensäle (room: Großer Redoutensaal)
POOL: Host broadcaster and host photographer *

15.30
Meeting between members of the European Commission and Federal President Heinz Fischer in the Office of the President
PHOTO and FILM OPPORTUNITY

18.00
Hofburg press centre closes

* Note: Only the host broadcaster and the host photographer are admitted to these press events owing to space constraints.