The meeting came as part of preparations for the appointment of a new Commission.

As agreed, the pair did not make any statements after the meeting.
Vesel ahead of the meeting: ‘’My claim is that there is no such thing as an unimportant department, as has unfortunately been shown in the last period, also on the basis of our somewhat difficult experiences.’’

Von der Leyen, who was reappointed President of the European Commission by the European Parliament in mid-July, started talks with Commission candidates in the middle of this month, the STA reports.