European Council on Foreign Relations

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The European Council on Foreign Relations "was launched in October 2007 to promote a more integrated European foreign policy in support of shared European interests and values. With its unique structure, ECFR brings a genuinely pan-European perspective on Europe’s role in the world:

  • ECFR was founded by a council whose members include serving and former ministers and parliamentarians, business leaders, distinguished academics, journalists and public intellectuals. Their aim is to promote a new strategic culture at the heart of European foreign policy.
  • With offices in seven countries, ECFR’s in-house policy team brings together some of Europe’s most distinguished analysts and policy entrepreneurs to provide advice and proposals on the EU’s global challenges.
  • ECFR’s pan-European work through advocacy, the mass media and campaigns make the necessary connections between innovative thinking, policy-making and civic action." [1]

Founding Council Members

Accessed February 2008: [2]

  • Urban Ahlin (Sweden) - Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee; foreign policy spokesperson for the Social Democratic Party
  • Martti Ahtisaari (Finland) - UN Special Envoy for the Future Status Process for Kosovo; President of the Crisis Management Initiative; former President
  • Giuliano Amato (Italy) - Minister of Interior; former Prime Minister and vice president of the European Convention
  • Hannes Androsch (Austria) - Founder of AIC Androsch International Management Consulting
  • Marek Belka (Poland) - Executive Director of the UN Economic Commission for Europe; former Prime Minister
  • Svetoslav Bojilov (Bulgaria) - Founder of the Communitas Foundation and President of Venture Equity Bulgaria Ltd.
  • Emma Bonino (Italy) - Minister for Europe and International Trade; former EU Commissioner
  • Robert Cooper (United Kingdom) - Director General for External and Politico-Military Affairs, Council of the EU General Secretariat
  • Marta Dassu (Italy) - Diplomatic adviser to Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema; Director of the Aspen Institute Italia
  • Gijs de Vries (The Netherlands) - Senior Fellow at the Clingendael Institute; former EU Counter-terrorism Coordinator
  • Jean-Luc Dehaene (Belgium) - Member of the European Parliament, former Prime Minister and vice president of the European Convention
  • Gianfranco Dell'Alba (Italy) - Chef de Cabinet for Minister Emma Bonino; former Member of European Parliament
  • Andrew Duff (United Kingdom) - Member of the European Parliament, ALDE Group
  • Sarmite Elerte (Latvia) - Editor-in-chief of Latvian daily newspaper Diena
  • Brian Eno (United Kingdom) - Musician and producer
  • Joschka Fischer (Germany) - Former Foreign Minister and vice-Chancellor
  • Timothy Garton Ash (United Kingdom) - Professor of European Studies at Oxford University
  • Bronislaw Geremek (Poland) - Member of the European Parliament, ALDE; Group; former Foreign Minister
  • Diego Hidalgo (Spain) - Co-founder of Spanish newspaper El País and President of FRIDE
  • Mary Kaldor (United Kingdom) - Professor and Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance, London School of Economics
  • Gerald Knaus (Germany) - Chairman of the European Stability Initiative and Open Society Fellow
  • Caio Koch-Weser (Germany) - Vice Chairman of the Deutsche Bank Group; former State Secretary
  • Rem Koolhaas (The Netherlands) - Architect and urbanist; Professor at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University
  • Ivan Krastev (Bulgaria) - Chair of Board, Centre for Liberal Strategies
  • Mart Laar (Estonia) - Former Prime Minister
  • Mark Leonard (United Kingdom) - Executive Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations
  • Adam Lury (United Kingdom) - Director of Menemsha Ltd; former advisor to Lord Browne
  • Alain Minc (France) - Chairman of Le Monde; Head of consulting group AM Conseil
  • Christine Ockrent (Belgium) - Editor-in-chief at France Télévision.
  • Leoluca Orlando (Italy) - MP; President of the Sicilian Renaissance Institute
  • Cem Ozdemir (Germany) - Member of the European Parliament, Greens Group
  • Simon Panek (Czech Republic) - Chairman of the People in Need Foundation
  • Teresa Patricio Gouveia (Portugal) - Trustee to the Board of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation; former Foreign Minister
  • Chris Patten (United Kingdom) - Chancellor of Oxford University; Former EU Commissioner and Governor of Hong Kong
  • Diana Pinto (France) - Historian and author
  • Ruprecht Polenz (Germany) - MP and Chairman of the Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee
  • Andrew Puddephatt (United Kingdom) - Director of Global Partners & Associated Ltd.
  • Sigrid Rausing (United Kingdom) - Founder of the Sigrid Rausing Trust
  • Albert Rohan (Austria) - Deputy to the UN Special Envoy for the Future Status Process for Kosovo
  • Daniel Sachs (Sweden) - CEO of Proventus
  • Pierre Schori (Sweden) - Director General of FRIDE; former SRSG to Cote d´Ivoire
  • Giuseppe Scognamiglio (Italy) - Head of Institutional and International Relations, Unicredit
  • Narcís Serra (Spain) - Chair of CIDOB Foundation; former Vice President
  • Elif Shafak (Turkey) - Writer
  • Aleksander Smolar (Poland) - Chairman of the Board of the Stefan Batory Foundation
  • George Soros (Hungary/US) - Chairman, Open Society Institute
  • Dominique Strauss-Kahn (France) - MP, Professor at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris; Former Finance Minister
  • Helle Thorning Schmidt (Denmark) - Leader of the Social Democratic Party
  • Michiel Van Hulten (The Netherlands) - Managing Director of Burson-Marsteller, Brussels; Former Member of European Parliament
  • Mabel Van Oranje (The Netherlands) - International Advocacy Director, Open Society Institute
  • Antonio Vitorino (Portugal) - Lawyer;former EU Commissioner
  • Stephen Wall (United Kingdom) - Chairman of Hill and Knowlton (Public Affairs EMEA); former Europe advisor to Tony Blair
  • Andre Wilkens (Germany) - Executive Director of the Open Society Institute, Brussels

Staff and Experts

Accessed February 2008: [3]

Contact

Web: http://www.ecfr.eu

Resources and articles

Related Sourcewatch articles

References

  1. ↑ About, European Council on Foreign Relations, accessed February 3, 2008.
  2. ↑ Council, European Council on Foreign Relations, accessed February 3, 2008.
  3. ↑ Staff and Experts, European Council on Foreign Relations, accessed February 3, 2008.

External links

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