
On 25 June 2025, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, received Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Founder of Gates Ventures, and Chairman of Breakthrough Energy, ahead of the Gavi High-Level Pledging Summit 2025.
The day after, some more College members received him, inclunding Wopke Hoekstra, European Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth, Hadja Lahbib, European Commissioner for Equality, and European Commissioner for Preparedness and Crisis Management, Ekaterina Zaharieva, European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation and Christophe Hansen, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food.

























