“Paneuropean Working Group”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The Paneuropean Working Group in the European Parliament was established in 1985 by Otto von Habsburg.^[1] It aims at bringing Members of the European Parliament together, who follow the vision and principles of Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi. Already after the end of the First World War, he formulated his thoughts about a common Europe in freedom, rule of law and peace.^[2]

Since 2009, the Austrian Member of the European Parliament, Paul Rübig is the elected President of the Working Group, after he had served already several years as Vice-President. Previous presidents were Nicolas Estgen, Leo Tindemans (1994-1999) and Ingo Friedrich (1999–2009).^[3]

Activities

Once a month, every Tuesday during the Strasbourg plenary week of the European Parliament, the Working Group invites high-ranking personalities from politics, business, religions and culture into the European Parliament. The group wants to encourage networking between the Members of the European Parliament, in order to establish open debates and to find common solutions for the problems of a common in a globalized world. Additionally, the group also organizes also events in Brussels.

Past Events^[4]

Date

Speaker

Function

Topic

16 April 2013

Nikola Poposki

Foreign Minister of the Republic of Macedonia

State of Play and Prospects in the EU accession process of Macedonia

12 March 2013

Enver Hoxhaj

Foreign Minister of the Republic of Kosovo

Kosovo, five years of statehood: Success stories and challenges

26 February 2013

Jan Tombinski

Head of the EU Delegation in Ukraine

2013 - Decision year of Ukraine

5 February 2013

Hans-Gert Pöttering, Arnaud Danjean, Alain Terrenoire

Current and former Members of the European Parliament

50 years of Elysée Treaty: The French-German friendship as driving force for Europe?

15 January 2013

Samir Khalil Samir

Professor for Christian-oriental theology and Islamism in Beirut, Paris, Rom

Where is the Arab Spring? What could be the European contribution?

11 December 2012

Walter Spindler

Deputy Commander of Eurocorps

Eurocorps - 50 years after the Elysée Treaty

20 November 2012

Peter Turkson

President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

Freedom of religion and the discrimination and persecution of Christians

11 September 2012

Jean-Claude Mignon

President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

The European Parliament and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

3 July 2012

Franjo Komarica

Bishop of Banja Luka

The political situation of Bosnia-Herzegovina

References

1. ^Dafür lebte Otto von Habsburg {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616145207/http://de.paneuropa.org/index.php/pan/publikationen/aktuelle_beitraege/dafuer_lebte_otto_von_habsburg_von_bernd_posselt_mdep# |date=2013-06-16 }}, Paneuropa Union Germany, retrieved 16 April 2013.
2. ^Selbstbeschreibung, Homepage of the Paneuropean Working Group, retrieved on 16 April 2013.
3. ^Ingo Friedrich übergibt den Vorsitz der Paneuropa-Arbeitsgruppe im Europäischen Parlament, Presse release of Dr. Ingo Friedrich, 24 June 2009.
4. ^List of past events{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Homepage of the Paneuropean Working Group, retrieved on 19 April 2013.