Sovereignty in the EU: Who decides?
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Elisabeth-Herz-Kremenak-Saal
Plenary
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in englischer SpracheWhat does it mean to talk about a ‘sovereign Europe’? Should the European Union have the right to extend its resources and act according to the principle of statehood, namely ‘to tax and spend’? What about policy areas such as commerce and security? And, finally, who would be on board – a core Europe under Franco-German leadership or the entire EU27?
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Daphne BÜLLESBACH
Executive Director, European Alternatives e.V., Berlin
| 2000-2002 | Hockerill Anglo-European College, Bishop's Stortford |
| 2002-2006 | Bachelor, European Studies, King's College London |
| 2004 | Federal Ministry of Justice, Berlin |
| 2004-2005 | Institut d'Etudes Politique de Paris (Sciences-Po), Paris |
| Amnesty International France, Paris | |
| 2006-2007 | Master, Modern Society and Global Transformations, University of Cambridge |
| 2007-2008 | FLACSO Argentina - Latin-American Institute for Social Sciences, Buenos Aires |
| 2008-2009 | Junior Project Manager, GIZ - German International Cooperation Agency International Services, Brussels |
| 2009-2010 | Mercator Fellowship in International Affairs |
| 2009 | European Department / EU Justice and Home Affairs, German Federal Foreign Office, Berlin |
| 2010 | Office with Regional Function for East and Central Africa, International Organisation for Migration, Nairobi |
| UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Rabat | |
| 2010-2013 | Coordinator, European Alternatives Berlin |
| 2011-2013 | Evaluation Officer, Camino gGmbh - Werkstatt für Ideen, Berlin |
| since 2014 | Director, European Alternatives (Citizenship and Democracy Director until 2015, from March 2015 on Director of Programmes) |
| since 2017 | Executive Director, European Alternatives |
Aart Jan DE GEUS
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh
| 1980 | Master of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| 1980-1993 | CNV - Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond (National Federation of Christian Trade Unions in the Netherlands), Utrecht |
| 1993-1998 | Vice Chairman, CNV - Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond (National Federation of Christian Trade Unions in the Netherlands), Utrecht |
| 1998-2002 | Partner, Boer & Croon, Amsterdam |
| 2002-2007 | Minister of Social Affairs and Employment of the Netherlands, cabinet Balkenende |
| 2007-2011 | Deputy Secretary-General, OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris |
| 2011-2012 | Member of the Executive Board, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh |
| since 2012 | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh |
Renaud DEHOUSSE
President, EUI - European University Institute, Florence
| Professor Renaud Dehousse has been President of the European University Institute since 1 September 2016. Prior to this, Professor Dehousse was a Professor and holder of the Jean Monnet Chair of European Law and Political Science at Sciences Po, where he also directed the Centre for European Studies. After studying law at the University of Liège (Belgium), he obtained a doctorate at the European University Institute. | |
| Before joining Sciences Po in 1999, he taught at the European University Institute, where he led the Academy of European Law, and he also taught at the University of Pisa. He was a visiting professor at the universities of Florence (Cesare Alfieri), Lausanne and at the Law School of the University of Michigan. |
Günther H. OETTINGER
Founder, Oettinger Consulting, Wirtschafts- und Politikberatung GmbH, Hamburg
| Günther H. Oettinger is European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources since January 2017. From November 2014 to December 2016, he held office as European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society after being European Commissioner for Energy from February 2010 to October 2014 and lastly also Vice-President of the European Commission in 2014. From 2005-2010, he was Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg (Germany) and, since 1984, a member of the regional Parliament ("Landtag"). He was the leader of the CDU Landtag group from January 1991 to April 2005. A lawyer by training, Günther H. Oettinger became actively involved in politics during his adolescence. He is a member of the Federal Executive Committee and of the Steering Committee of the CDU Germany. |
Ali ASLAN
TV Presenter and Journalist, Berlin
| Ali Aslan is a Berlin-based international TV presenter and journalist with over 20 years experience as a talk show host, news anchor, correspondent and moderator. His journalistic career spans three continents and includes work for CNN in Washington DC, ABC News in New York, Channel News Asia in Istanbul and Deutsche Welle TV in Berlin. An experienced TV anchor, Aslan hosted the international talk show 'Quadriga' on DW which reached 200 countries and 90 million viewers each week. Aslan regularly moderates and emcees high-level international conferences and events around the world and has shared the stage with top world leaders and personalities, among others, Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron, Justin Trudeau, Bill Clinton, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Sergey Lavrov, Christine Lagarde, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Vicente Fox, Madeleine Albright, King Felipe VI of Spain, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, will.i.am, Jane Goodall and Melinda Gates. Aslan studied International Affairs and Journalism at Columbia University and International Politics at Georgetown University. He is a Fellow of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and a member of the Körber Network Foreign Policy and the Global Diplomacy Lab. Aslan has been named a Young Leader by the BMW Foundation, the American Council on Germany, the Munich Security Conference, the German Marshall Fund, the Bertelsmann Foundation and the Atlantik-Brücke. |
