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Visit of Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, to Poland

On 5 December 2022, Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of the European Green Deal, travelled to Silesia in Poland to meet with local leaders, representatives of coal regions and cities with carbon-intensive industries, civil society and citizens, and discuss just transition and new economic opportunities.He met with Jakub Chełstowski, Marshal of the Śląskie Voivodship; with Jerzy Buzek, Member of the EP, Anna Hetman, Mayor of Jastrzębie-Zdrój. He participated in the Silesian Festival of Science in Katowice where he met with youth and students; and visited Hewalex, a leading solar collector and heat-pump manufacturer in the country.

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ID P-059610

Date 05/12/2022

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Tags European Commission - visits made Coal EU relations with Member States See more

Personalities Jerzy Buzek Ryszard Koziołek Wojciech Wysocki See more

Location Katowice Czechowice-Dziedzice

Jakub Chełstowski, on the right, and Frans Timmermans, in the center

Jakub Chełstowski, on the right, and Frans Timmermans

Frans Timmermans holding the signed Polish National football team jersey

Jakub Chełstowski, on the right, holding a football jersey named after the Commissionner Timmermans, and Frans Timmermans, on the left, holding the football jersey of the Polish national team

Roundtable with, from left to right, Wojciech Wysocki, Head of Political Section of the EC Representation in Poland, 1st, Estela Pineiro-Kruik, Member of the Cabinet of Frans Timmermans, 2nd, Jakub Chełstowski, 4th, Frans Timmermans, 5th, and Jerzy Buzek, 6th, during a meeting with representatives of the regional authorities

Jakub Chełstowski, Frans Timmermans, and Jerzy Buzek, during a meeting with representatives of the regional authorities (from left to right)

Jakub Chełstowski, Frans Timmermans, and Jerzy Buzek (from left to right)

Jakub Chełstowski, Frans Timmermans, and Jerzy Buzek during a meeting with representatives of the regional authorities (from left tot right)

Jakub Chełstowski, Frans Timmermans, and Jerzy Buzek, during a meeting with representatives of the regional authorities (from left to right)

From left to right, Anna Hetman, 3rd, and Frans Timmermans, 4th

Group photo with, from left to right, Łukasz Czopik, Vice-Marshal of the Silesian Voivodeship, 1st, Frans Timmermans, 3rd, Jerzy Buzek, 4th, and Jakub Chełstowski, 6th

Jerzy Buzek, on the right, and Frans Timmermans

Jakub Chełstowski, on the right, and Frans Timmermans, during a press conference

Frans Timmermans, in the center, during a press conference

Meeting with representatives of the local trade union: general view

In the background, from left to right, Estela Pineiro-Kruik, Member of the Cabinet of Frans Timmermans, 1st, Frans Timmermans, 3rd, and Jakub Chełstowski, 4th, during a meeting with representatives of the local trade union

6th edition of the Silesian Science Festival: discussion between Ryszard Koziołek, Rector of the University of Silesia, on the right, and Frans Timmermans

6th edition of the Silesian Science Festival: Frans Timmermans, at the podium

6th edition of the Silesian Science Festival: in the foreground, from left to right, Frans Timmermans, 2nd, and Ryszard Koziołek, Rector of the University of Silesia, 3rd

Hewalex visit: Frans Timmermans, on the right

Hewalex visit: Frans Timmermans

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