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Good afternoon.

Welcome to our midday press briefing,

and let me start today with the agenda

of President von der Leyen.

We've got various updates to share with you regarding next week,

and for today,

now today.

The president will receive Maria Leptin,

who is the president of the European Research Council.

On Monday,

President von der Leyen will be going to Paris

to meet

the President of the Republic,

Emmanuel Macron.

She will also be delivering the closing speech of the event,

Choose Europe for Science,

and that event will be taking place at

the Sorbonne and she'll be delivering that speech.

Alongside President Macron and then later that day,

President

von der Leyen will be going to Strasbourg on Tuesday.

She will chair the meeting of the college

and she will also participate in the plenary debate at the European Parliament

on

the EU's support for a

fair,

sustainable and comprehensive peace in Ukraine.

And then finally on Thursday when she's back in Brussels,

President von der Leyen will receive Michel Martin.

Who is the Irish Prime Minister,

the Taoiseach.