IEP Lunch Debate with Sir Peter Torry, Ambassador of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 2 November 2005 at 12:30 in the Jean Monnet Building, Berlin. [This event was organised as part of the "Dialog Europa" of the Otto Wolff Foundation and in cooperation with the Centre International de Formation Européenne.] The British Ambassador Sir Peter Torry initially emphasised that the true crisis of the European Union is not of an institutional or financial kind, but rather that one speaks of a job crisis. High unemployment in individual member states is the central problem that must be solved in order to keep pace with global competition....[more]

IEP Lunch Debate on the topic "The CFSP: Institutional Perspectives and Current Questions of European Foreign Policy" with Arndt Freytag von Loringhoven, Director of the EU-COR Division, 19 October 2005, 12:30-14:30 in the Jean Monnet Building, Berlin. [This event was organised as part of the "Dialog Europa" of the Otto Wolff Foundation and in cooperation with the Centre International de Formation Européenne.]   At the center of this event stood the question of how institutional improvements in the CFSP, at least to a limited extent, can be reached through the constitutional treaty during the reflection period declared by the...[more]

IEP Lunch Debate with Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn on 12 July 2005 at 12:30 in the Jean Monnet Building, Berlin, on the topic "EU enlargement under stress". [This event was organised as part of the "Dialog Europa" of the Otto Wolff Foundation and in cooperation with the European Commission Delegation in Germany (Berlin).]   Vortrag „EU enlargement under stress – the policy of consolidation, conditionality and communication“ als PDF-Datei (94 KB) Presseberichte: "Pushing the boundaries" in Financial Times, 03/04. September 2005"Brüssel hält an Türkei-Zeitplan fest - EU-Kommissar erwartet Zustimmung aller Staaten für...[more]

IEP Lunch Debate with Dr. Klaus Scharioth, State Secretary in the German Federal Foreign Office, 8 June 2005 at 12:30 in the Jean Monnet Haus, Berlin. [This event was organised as part of the "Dialog Europa" of the Otto Wolff Foundation.] State Secretary in the Federal Foreign Office Dr. Klaus Scharioth emphasised that the negative results of the referenda in France and the Netherlands may be a setback for the ratification of the European Constitution but do not mean the end of the European integration process. The most pressing task for now is analysing the multi-layered reasons for the rejection of the constitution and avoiding any...[more]

IEP Lunch Debate with Charles Grant, Director of the Centre for European Reform in London, 2 June 2005 at 19:00 in the Editorial Building of the F.A.Z., Berlin. [This event was organised as part of the project "Dialog Europa" of the Otto Wolff Foundation and the project "On the European Constitution" funded by the ASKO-Europa foundation.] The negative votes on the constitutional treaty in France on 29 May and in the Netherlands on 1 June brought the European Union into crisis. Europe-wide, sceptics now find themselves on the march. The referenda in both founding member states have triggered a broad debate in Europe on the future of the...[more]

IEP Lunch Debate with Dr. Christoph Heusgen, Director of Political Staff, Secretariate General of the Council of the European Union, 1 June 2005 at 12:30 in the Jean Monnet Haus, Berlin. [This event was organised as part of the "Dialog Europa" of the Otto Wolff Foundation.] After the definite “no” in France and the Netherlands to the constitutional treaty, the future of the CFSP and ESDP will only proceed in small steps, according to the evaluation of Dr. Christoph Heusgen, Head of the Policy Unit in the Secretariat General of the Council in Brussels and one of the closest associates of the High Representative for the CFSP. Even if – as...[more]

IEP Lunch Debate with Prof. Klaus Hänsch, MEP, President of the European Parliament (ret.), Former Member of the Presidium of the EU Constitutional Convention, 25 April 2005 at 12:30 in the Jean Monnet Haus, Berlin. [This event was organised as part of the project "Dialog Europa" of the Otto Wolff Foundation and the project "On the European Constitution" funded by the ASKO-Europa foundation.] There are no convincing alternatives to the constitutional treatyMEP Klaus Hänsch currently sees all member states of the European Union looking anxiously toward France, where on 29 May 2005 e referendum on the European Constitutional Treaty will...[more]

IEP Lunch Debate in cooperation with the IEP Study Group "Enlargement and Consolidation of the EU" with Elmar BROK, MEP, Chair of the Committee for Foreign Affairs/Chair of the IEP Study Group "Enlargement and Consolidation of the EU"; Dr. Meglena PLUGTSCHIEVA, Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria, Berlin; Leonard ORBAN, Chief Negotiator of Romania for the European Union, Ministry for European Integration, Bucharest; Dražen KARAMAN, Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Croatia, Berlin. 21 March 2005, 12:30-14:30 in the Jean Monnet Haus, Berlin. [This event was organised as part of the "Dialog Europa" of the Otto Wolff...[more]

IEP Lunch Debate with Martin Schulz, MEP, Chair of the Faction of the European Social Democratic Party, 18 March 2005 at 12:30 in the Jean Monnet Haus, Berlin. [This event was organised as part of the project "Dialog Europa" of the Otto Wolff Foundation and the project "On the European Constitution" funded by the ASKO-Europa foundation.] The financial perspective for the years 2007 to 2013 is being intensively debated by the heads of state and government of the EU member states. Martin Schulz shows understanding for the German demand of capping expenditures at a maximum of 1 percent of gross national income, but he regrets the lack of...[more]