Balearic president Prohens meets Ribera in Brussels

Brussels, Belgium, is the setting on Wednesday as Balearic president Marga Prohens meets European Commission vice-president Teresa Ribera, then turns to Mediterranean policy and water. Prohens is visiting for the European Week of Regions and Cities, the Balearic government says. She is also due to meet Manuela Rontini, an official from Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

Prohens’s first appointment is with Ribera at 10.30 at the European Commission’s Berlaymont building. Ribera oversees the Commission’s clean, fair and competitive transition portfolio. At 11.00, Prohens is due at a Balearic government seminar on putting the Mediterranean Pact into practice. She is scheduled to speak at 11.40 and close the event at about 12.30.

The Balearic delegation will return to the Square Brussels Meeting Centre for a seminar on regional responses to water challenges from 16.00 to 17.30. Afterwards, Prohens and Rontini will discuss the outlook and work of the Alliance for Water Resilience. Travelling with Prohens are Catalina Barceló, director-general for economy and statistics, and Francisca Ramis, director-general for institutional and parliamentary relations.

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com