PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron met numerous heads of state and high-level officials in the 10 days before he tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, including most European leaders at a summit on Dec 10-11.
Here is a list of some of his key events and contacts during that period:
WEDNESDAY, DEC 16
Meeting with PORTUGUESE PRIME MINISTER ANTONIO COSTA at the Elysee Palace.
Macron chairs a cabinet meeting attended by most ministers, including PRIME MINISTER JEAN CASTEX.
MONDAY, DEC 14
Celebration of the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) convention in Paris. Those in attendance include:
PEDRO SANCHEZ, SPANISH PRIME MINISTER
CHARLES MICHEL, PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL
ANGEL GURRIA, OECD SECRETARY GENERAL
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, DEC 10-11
European Council meeting in Brussels. Of the council’s 27 member states, only two leaders were missing: Estonia’s Jüri Ratas and Croatia’s Andrej Plenkovic.
Those in attendance include:
GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL
DUTCH PRIME MINISTER MARK RUTTE
BELGIAN PRIME MINISTER ALEXANDER DE CROO
ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER GIUSEPPE CONTE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PRESIDENT DAVID SASSOLI
PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION URSULA VON DER LEYEN
MONDAY, DEC 7
Meeting with EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT ABDEL FATTAH AL-SISI at the Elysee Palace.
(Compiled by Richard Lough; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)
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