Coffee with the Commissioner

A group of Cork businesswomen had a chance to get up close and personal with one of the European Union’s most senior politicians recently when they met Margot Wallström, Vice-President of the European Commission, for coffee and a chat during the Commissioner’s visit to the city.

The meeting, organised by the European Movement Ireland, formed part of the Commissioner’s packed programme during her June 11-12 Cork trip, but was a world away from the formalities of her usual engagements with government ministers and heads of state.

Wallström, a native of Sweden and current Commissioner for Institutional Relations and Communications, emphasised the importance of such meetings as an instrument to gauge genuine public opinion towards EU issues.