The 88th Inter-parliamentary meeting of the Transatlantic Legislators’ Dialogue (TLD) between EU and US lawmakers will take place on 4 and 5 April 2024 in the European Parliament in Brussels.
During the meetings, Members of the Parliament – led by Danuta Hübner (EPP – Poland), Chair of the standing Delegation for relations with the United States – and Members of the US House of Representatives – led by Congressman Nathaniel Moran (Republican, Texas) – will hear from expert speakers and hold discussions on transatlantic cooperation in the following areas:
- Transatlantic economic security at a time of increased competition with China;
- European defence initiatives and NATO enlargement;
- Support to Ukraine and sanctions coordination.
The dialogue will feature the participation of European Commission Executive Vice-Presidents Margrethe Vestager and Valdis Dombrovskis, and an exchange with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. European Parliament Vice President Marc Angel will address the TLD on behalf of President Metsola. Other senior officials from EU bodies, such as the EEAS Secretary General Stefano Sannino and the EU Sanctions Envoy David O’Sullivan, will also meet the legislators.
At the end of the meeting, the TLD Co-Chairs, MEP Hübner and Representative Moran, together with the EU TLD Vice-Chair MEP Miapetra Kumpula-Natri (S&D – Finland) and the US TLD Ranking Member Rep. Jim Costa (Democrats, California), will sign a joint statement outlining the conclusions from their discussion and setting the scope for the TLD’s future work.
The 89th meeting of the TLD is expected to take place in the United States towards the end of 2024.
