Media Advisory: Visit of the College of Commissioners to Austria

12:00-18:00

Opening hours of the Media Accreditation und Media Centre

Venue: Permanent conference and media centre of the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the Austria Center Vienna (ACV), Bruno-Kreisky-Platz 1, 1220 Vienna

09:15-
10:00

Arrival of the members of the Austrian Federal Government and the European Kommission
Photo & Video opportunity – Doorstep

Venue: Permanent conference and media centre of the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the Austria Center Vienna (ACV), Bruno-Kreisky-Platz 1, 1220 Vienna
Entrance West – Doorstep (access exclusively via the media centre!)

followed by

Welcome by Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache
exclusively host broadcaster and host photographers

10:00

Bilateral talks between President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz 
exclusively host broadcaster and host photographers

10:45

Group photo of the European Commission delegation and representatives of the Austrian Parliament

Venue: Hall X1 – Media Centre

11:00

Plenary of the College of Commissioners and the members of the Austrian Federal Government
Photo & Video opportunity at the beginning – Tour-de-table (please note: only open to photo and camera crews)

11:30

Press conference with 

• Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission
• Sebastian Kurz, Federal Chancellor of Austria

Languages: English, German, French with simultaneous interpretation

Venue: Hall K1, K2 – Presidency Briefing Room

12:30

Arrival of the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker at the Office of the Austrian Federal President; welcome by Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen
Photo & Video opportunity

Venue: Office of the Austrian Federal President (Maria-Theresien-Zimmer); admission between 11:45 and 12:15
Attention: The press conference in the Austria Center Vienna and the press event with Federal President Van der Bellen are mutually exclusive.

followed by

Bilateral talks between President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen.
Photo & Video opportuniy at the beginning

Venue: Office of the Federal President 

14:45

Working level meeting of the College of Commissioners and the Austrian Parliament
Photo & Video opportuniy at the beginning – Tour-de-table

Venue: Hofburg Dachfoyer (Rooftop Foyer), entrance via Josefsplatz 2, 1010 Vienna; admission between 14:00 and 14:30
Attention: Owing to space constraints, the event in the Rooftop Foyer is only open to photo and camera Crews.