Working group for foreign and security policy

The working group for foreign and security policy (ASP) is one of the largest working groups of the CSU with around 4,000 members .

tasks

The ASP sees itself as the initiator and mouthpiece of the CSU in all questions of foreign , security , European and development policy . For each of these policy areas there is a technical committee that meets at irregular intervals for discussion.

The work of the ASP focuses on three goals:

• The elected representatives in all aspects of CSU international policy advice.
• To provide a discussion forum for the discussion of security and defense issues.
• To help shape political opinion and will-formation in the sense of strengthening the Bundeswehr , the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) of the European Union (EU) and the transformation of NATO .

structure

The working group has district associations in each of the administrative districts of Bavaria and in the state capital Munich . These are further subdivided into district associations.

There are also specialist committees for the topics of foreign policy, security policy - Bundeswehr, Europe and development policy.

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  ASP state chairman: Florian Hahn

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  Foreign Policy Expert Committee, Chairman: Thomas Erndl

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  Specialized Committee on Security Policy - Bundeswehr, Chairman: Reinhard Brandl

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  Technical Committee Europe, Chairman: Markus Ferber

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  Development Policy Committee, Chairman: Wolfgang Stefinger

history

In 1965, the Defense Policy Working Group (WPA) was founded. In November 1993, it was renamed the Defense and Security Policy Working Group . On December 11, 2004, the EPA merged with the Foreign Policy Committee to form the newly founded ASP, which covers a broader range of topics.

State chairman

The then chairman Christian Schmidt at the state delegates' meeting in Bayreuth in 2012

• 1965–1969 Erwin Lauerbach
• 1969–1973 Friedrich Zimmermann
• 1973–1979 Franz Handlos
• 1979–1983 Ekkehard Voigt
• 1983–1991 Fritz Wittmann
• 1991–1995 Manfred Weiß
• 1995-2004 Hans Raidel
• 2004–2014 Christian Schmidt
• since 2014 Florian Hahn

Web links

Commons : Working group for foreign and security policy  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the ASP

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} The chairmen of the working groups and working groups of the CSU . Hanns Seidel Foundation. December 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
2. ^ Bundeswehr: Seehofer demands more money . Central Bavarian Newspaper. October 18, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2014.