Balearic president heads to Brussels for water talks

Balearic president Marga Prohens meets European Commission vice-president Teresa Ribera in Brussels on Wednesday, 14 October, before a day of Mediterranean and water talks. The visit is part of European Week of Regions and Cities, the Balearic government says. Prohens is travelling with Catalina Barceló, director general for economy and statistics, and Francisca Ramis, director general for institutional and parliamentary relations.

The meeting with Ribera, the commissioner responsible for the clean, fair and competitive transition, is scheduled for 10.30 at the European Commission’s Berlaymont building. At 11.00, Prohens is due at a Balearic government seminar on putting the Pact for the Mediterranean into practice. She is scheduled to speak at 11.40 and give closing remarks at about 12.30.

The Balearic delegation then attends a seminar on regional approaches to water resilience from 16.00 to 17.30. Afterwards, Prohens is due to meet Manuela Rontini, an official from Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region, to discuss the outlook and work of the Water Resilience Alliance.

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com