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State visit to the Portuguese Republic

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25 June 2014

From 23 to 25 June Federal President Joachim Gauck and his partner Daniela Schadt went on a state visit to the Portuguese Republic at the invitation of President Aníbal Cavaco Silva. Bilateral relations and European issues were the main themes of the two day state visit. It focused particularly on bilateral economic ties, the economic situation in Portugal and the political and social challenges the country faces following the end of the Economic Adjustment Programme of the euro area countries and the IMF.

Federal President Joachim Gauck is received by President Aníbal António Cavaco Silva in Lisbon with military honours

From 23 to 25 June Federal President Joachim Gauck and his partner Daniela Schadt went on a state visit the Portuguese Republic at the invitation of President Aníbal Cavaco Silva.

Bilateral relations and European issues were the main themes of the two day state visit. It focused particularly on bilateral economic ties, the economic situation in Portugal and the political and social challenges the country faces following the end of the Economic Adjustment Programme of the euro area countries and the IMF. The Federal President participated also in a German-Portuguese business forum and visited a German-Portuguese vocational training centre.


Overview of the state visit to the Portuguese Republic:


Monday, 23 June
• Arrival in Lisbon
• Dinner hosted by the German ambassador

Tuesday, 24 June
• Visit to the Monastery of the Hieronymites and wreath laying ceremony at the grave of national poet Luís Vaz Camões
• Palácio Nacional de Belém, residence of the President
Welcome with military honours by the President of the Portuguese Republic, Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Thereafter signing of the visitors book
• Talks with the President of the Portuguese Republic and Mrs Cavaco Silva
• Joint press conference
• Palácio de Sao Bento, residence of the Prime Minister
Luncheon with the Prime Minister of the Portuguese Republic, Pedro Passos Coelho
• Seat of the Portuguese Parliament
Welcome with military honours by the President of
the Portuguese Parliament, Maria da Assunção Andrade Esteves
Thereafter signing of the visitors book and talks with the President of the Portuguese Parliament and the chairpersons of the parties represented in Parliament
• Centro Cultural de Belém
Closing ceremony for the 60 Years in Contact season organised by the German Portuguese Chamber of Commerce
• Palácio Nacional da Ajuda
Banquet in honour of the Federal President and Ms Schadt

Wednesday, 25 June
• São Pedro de Alcântara Convent
Visit to the united at work project
• Palmela, Volkswagen Autoeuropa plant
Welcome by the Portuguese President,
joint tour of the assembly plant
• ATEC Training Academy
Project presentation and talks with scholarship holders
• Sintra, Palácio Nacional
Reception hosted by the Federal President and Ms Schadt
• Tour of the Palácio Nacional
• Departure for Berlin

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