Berlin speech
The Berlin speech was a public address given by the then German President Roman Herzog on April 26, 1997 in Berlin . The formulation chosen by Herzog in this speech “a jolt must go through Germany” made this lecture go down in history as a jerk speech .
While in the following years the Berlin speech was given by other prominent personalities such as the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and the then Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari , Duke's successor Johannes Rau took up the idea of the Berlin speech and gave the speech himself every year from now on used the speeches to deliberately address important social issues and fundamental debates. Topics covered included controversial issues in society such as the integration of foreigners , the use of genetic engineering and the effects of globalization .
Rau's successor in office, Horst Köhler , continued the tradition from 2006. In his speeches, Köhler advocated a more conscious approach to the issues of education and globalization. In 2008, Köhler called for changes in tax law and called for an “Agenda 2020”. In 2009, he addressed the global economic crisis and urged responsible behavior. Christian Wulff decided not to speak himself in 2011 and invited Polish President Bronisław Komorowski to give the Berlin speech at Humboldt University on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the German-Polish neighborhood agreement.
Bellevue Forum
Federal President Joachim Gauck continued the tradition of the Berlin speech in a different form. On February 22nd, 2013, he gave the first speech as part of the new “Bellevue Forum” at Bellevue Palace . It was a keynote address on “Perspectives on the European Idea”.
According to the Office of the Federal President, the Bellevue Forum should be a place “where Federal President Joachim Gauck would like to stimulate or promote socially important debates. The topics of the forum reflect the priorities of its presidency. The Bellevue Forum is a process, not an end result. In background discussions, forums, symposia or in speeches, the topics related to the Federal President and, conversely, the Federal President come to the subject. "
Berlin Speeches (1997-2011)
date | Speaker | title | place |
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April 26, 1997 | Federal President Roman Herzog | Departure into the 21st century | Hotel Adlon |
April 26, 1998 | Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari |
Challenges for Europe in the age of globalization
Security and collaboration in transition |
Hotel Adlon |
April 26, 1999 | UN Secretary General Kofi Annan | Europe's role in the world in the 21st century | Hotel Adlon |
May 12, 2000 | Federal President Johannes Rau | Without fear and without daydreams: Live together in Germany | House of World Cultures |
May 18, 2001 | Federal President Johannes Rau | Everything will be fine? For progress on a human scale | Otto-Braun-Saal of the State Library |
May 13, 2002 | Federal President Johannes Rau | Chance, not fate - shaping globalization politically | Museum of Communication |
May 19, 2003 | Federal President Johannes Rau | Acting together - Germany's responsibility in the world | Maxim Gorky Theater |
May 12, 2004 | Federal President Johannes Rau | Trust in Germany - an encouragement | Bellevue Palace |
September 21, 2006 | Federal President Horst Köhler | Education for everyone | Kepler High School, Berlin-Neukölln |
October 1, 2007 | Federal President Horst Köhler | Humanity's pursuit of happiness changes the world | Radial system V |
June 17, 2008 | Federal President Horst Köhler | Work, education, integration | Bellevue Palace |
March 24, 2009 | Federal President Horst Köhler | The credibility of freedom | Elisabeth Church |
June 17, 2011 | Polish President Bronisław Komorowski | A dynamic, open Europe that is active in the world | Humboldt University |
Speeches at the Bellevue Forum (since 2013)
date | Speaker | title | place |
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February 22, 2013 | Federal President Joachim Gauck | Perspectives on the European Idea | Bellevue Palace |
Web links
- Berlin Reden 1997–2009 ( Memento from February 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- Bellevue Forum 2013, entire speech
Individual evidence
- ^ Severin Weiland: Wulff's renunciation of Berlin speech: The speechless president. In: Spiegel Online , June 17, 2011.
- ↑ a b bundespraesident.de: Bellevue Forum ( Memento from December 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Bellevue Forum: Speech on Perspectives for the European Idea (February 22, 2013)
- ↑ speech manuscript to Roman Herzog Berlin speech
- ↑ Speech manuscript ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 146 kB) on Bronisław Komorowski's Berlin speech
- ↑ Speech Bellevue Forum 2013