Lunch Debate with Christian SCHMIDT, Parliamentary State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry of Defence, 20 November 2006 at 12:30 in the Jean Monnet Building, Bundesalle 22, 10717 Berlin.[more]

Lunch Debate with Axel SCHÄFER, MdB, European Policy Spokesperson for the SPD Faction of the German Bundestag, 28 September 2006 in the Jean Monnet Building, Bundesallee 22, 10717 Berlin.[more]

Lunch Debate with Andrew DUFF, MEP, Spokesperson for Constitutional Affairs of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) in the European Parliament, 20 September 2006 at 12:30 in the Jean Monnet Building, Bundesallee 22, 10717 Berlin.[more]

Lunch Debate with Dr. Joachim WUERMELING, State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology, 6 July 2006 at 12:30 in the Jean Monnet Building, Bundesallee 22, 10717 Berlin. [more]

Lunch Debate with Ministerial Director Peter TEMPEL, Head of the Europe Bureau of the German Federal Foreign Office, 22 June 2006 at 12:30 in the Jean Monnet Building, Bundesallee 22, 10717 Berlin[more]

Lunch Debate with Günther VERHEUGEN, Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry, 19 June 2006 at 12:30 in the Jean Monnet Building, Bundesallee 22, 10717 Berlin.  [This event was organised as part of the "Dialog Europa" of the Otto Wolff Foundation.]  In his talk on employment and growth Commissioner Verheugen emphasised three main points: the deepening of the EU, its economic future, and the international responsibility of the EU. Verheugen let there be no doubt that the EU requires a new and improved treaty foundation in order to create an institutional framework that allows...[more]

Lunch Debate with Peter ALTMAIER, MdB, Parliamentary State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry of the Interior, 23 May 2006 at 12:30 in the Jean Monnet Building, Bundesallee 22, 10717 Berlin.  [This event was organised as part of the "Dialog Europa" of the Otto Wolff Foundation.] The European Union today can only reduce the “dissatisfaction of citizens toward Europe” through a demonstration of its capacity to act. State Secretary Altmaier, from 2002 to 2003 a deputy member at the EU constitutional convention and previously at the EU fundamental rights convention, presented this thesis at the beginning of his talk for this IEP...[more]

Lunch Debate with Dr. Angelica SCHWALL-DÜREN, MP, Deputy Chair of the SPD Bundestag Faction, 10 May 2006 at 12:30 in the Jean Monnet Building, Bundesallee 22, 10717 Berlin.  [This event was organised as part of the "Dialog Europa" of the Otto Wolff Foundation.] The constitution is not dead. This was the assessment with which Dr. Schwall-Düren opened this IEP Lunch Debate on “How to Proceed with the EU Constitutional Process”. There still exists in Europe a significant interest in the implementation of the goals of the constitutional treaty. Therefore, among the priorities of the German Council Presidency is giving the...[more]

Lunch Debate with Sir Stephen WALL, Chair of the Public Affairs Division at the Hill & Knowlton agency, 6 March 2006 at 12:30 in the Jean Monnet Building, Bundesallee 22, 10717 Berlin.[more]

Lunch Debate with Hans-Gert PÖTTERING, Chair of the Faction of the European People's Party in the European Parliament, 20 February 2006 at 12:30 in the Jean Monnet Building, Bundesallee 22, 10717 Berlin. [This event was organised as part of the "Dialog Europa" of the Otto Wolff Foundation.] “The European Union”, Pöttering began his talk, “is based on values”. They are the foundation of the entire integration project. For this reason, the European constitutional treaty is indispensable, because it is the first time in history that these values have been extensively described. An invocatio dei in the constitution would also have been...[more]

Lunch Debate with Mihai-Razvan UNGUREANU, Foreign Minister of Romania, on the topic “Prospects of European Integration - The view of Romania as a future EU Member State”, 7 February 2006 at the Romanian Embassy in Berlin. [This event was organised as part of the "Dialog Europa" of the Otto Wolff Foundation.]   Foreign Minister Ungureanu painted a positive picture of the current situation in Romania, which will be part of the 5th wave of EU enlargement. According to him, Romania will bring with it an array of positive characteristics into the EU: the economy is showing high growth rates, the workforce is very well-trained...[more]

Lunch Debate with Dr. Hans WINKLER, State Secretary in the Austrian Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Vienna, on the topic "Priorities of the Austrian Council Presidency", 23 January 2006 at 12:30 in the Jean Monnet Building, Bundesallee 22, 10717 Berlin. [This event was organised as part of the "Dialog Europa" of the Otto Wolff Foundation.]   State Secretary Winkler opened his talk by stating that Austria will conduct its presidency in an intermediary and coordinating role. Therefore, Vienna prefers the term “chair” instead of president and will pursue close contact with the other member states and European institutions....[more]