
Minister Peter Altmaier and Belgium’s Environment and Energy Minister Marie Christine Marghem signed a declaration of intent on 16 October 2018 assuring Belgium of assistance with electricity in the event of an energy shortage.
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Parliamentary State Secretary Oliver Wittke (l.) met with Belgium’s Ambassador Ghislain D'Hoop (r.) on 26 July 2018.
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Minister Peter Altmaier welcomes Elżbieta Bieńkowska, EU Commissioner for the Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs.
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Parliamentary State Secretary Oliver Wittke (l.) received Turkey’s Ambassador Ali Kemal Aydin on 5 July 2018.
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Parliamentary State Secretary Thomas Bareiß with the Poland’s Tomasz Dąbrowski, Director of the Energy Department, in the Economic Affairs Ministry on 2 July 2018.
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Growth and investment policy in Europe was the subject of the first meeting between Minister Altmaier and his Italian counterpart, Giovanni Tria, on 14 June 2018.
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Parliamentary State Secretary Oliver Wittke received a delegation from Belgium at the Economic Affairs Ministry on 13 June 2018.
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Parliamentary State Secretary and Tourism Commissioner Thomas Bareiß met with Frano Matušić, State Secretary at Croatia’s Tourism Ministry, on 8 June 2018.
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Minister Altmaier met with Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade in the Economic Affairs Ministry on 5 June 2018.
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Minister Altmaier and Jadwiga Emilewicz, Poland’s Minister of Entrepreneurship and Technology, in Berlin on 4 June 2018.
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On 25 April 2018, Minister Altmaier welcomed Andrus Ansip, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Single Market. Their topics of discussion were artificial intelligence and the Commission’s new package of measures to deepen the digital single market.
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Minister Altmaier welcomed Kimmo Tilikainen, Finland’s Energy Minister, to the Economic Affairs Ministry on 18 April 2018.
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On 16 April 2018, Minister Altmaier met with Turkey’s Energy Minister Berat Albayrak for bilateral talks in Berlin. The discussions focused on issues like closer cooperation between the two countries on the expansion of renewable energy.
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On 16 April 2018, Minister Altmaier met with Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič to discuss Europe’s role in implementing the Paris Climate Agreement and the energy transition, improved rules for electric mobility, funding for battery cell manufacturing in Europe, and the “Clean Energy for All Europeans” package of EU legislation.
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On 13 April 2018 Minister Altmaier met with his Finnish counterpart Mika Lintilä in the Economic Affairs Ministry. The focus of the discussions was on Europe, and in particular on the future financial arrangements for the EU.
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On 13 April 2018, Minister Altmaier met with Valdis Dombrovskis, the Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the euro, social dialogue, financial stability, financial services and the Capital Markets Union.
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Minister Altmaier met with Danish Finance Minister Kristian Jensen for talks about current economic and energy issues in the Economic Affairs Ministry on 10 April 2018.
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Minister Altmaier with Philip Hammond, the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the Economic Affairs Ministry on 9 April 2018.
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Parliamentary State Secretary Oliver Wittke received a delegation of British Members of Parliament in the Economic Affairs Ministry on 25 March 2018.
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20. On 23 March 2018, Minister Altmaier met with Gérard Larcher, President of the French Senate. The discussions focused on current European issues and bilateral relations. “The Franco-German axis is indispensable for our countries and for Europe,” said Altmaier.
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