German Atlantic Society

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German Atlantic Society eV
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purpose Promoting understanding of Atlantic security policy
Chair: Christian Schmidt Member of the Bundestag
Executive Director: Johannes Lay, General Manager
Establishment date: March 20, 1956
Number of members: <4000
Seat : Dorotheenstrasse 84
10117 Berlin
Website: www.deutscheatlantischegesellschaft.de

The German Atlantic Society is a registered, non-profit association based in Berlin . It is the German branch of the Atlantic Treaty Association and sees its task in providing information on German security policy and Germany's integration into NATO . Lobbypedia also names the promotion of NATO as tasks.

tasks

According to its own information, the association's goals include:

  • to support NATO's efforts in its understanding of security, stability and international cooperation based on freedom, democracy, the rule of law and human rights
  • to promote a comprehensive, just and lasting peace order in accordance with the goals of NATO
  • to strive for cooperation of the European Union in support of NATO within the framework of the CFSP
  • to support the integration of the Central and Eastern European member states into NATO
  • to work together with other national Atlantic societies, which are united in the umbrella organization ATA (Atlantic Treaty Association)

history

The society was founded on March 20, 1956 on the premises of the German Parliamentary Society in Bonn by some members of the Bundestag. Leading the way was the former head of the Federal Chancellery , Otto Lenz , who was also elected the first President of the German Atlantic Society. After Otto Lenz's sudden death, Richard Jaeger succeeded him as President . Christian Schmidt has been President since 2006 .

The association's work includes information events, lectures, seminars and specialist conferences on NATO and security issues. These tasks are carried out by 29 regional circles, forums and four committees.

As part of the ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the association, the youth organization YATA Germany (was on 25 October 2006 in Berlin Y outh A tlantic T reaty A ssociation) established as a subgroup. As a forum for young talent, YATA Germany is intended to involve younger members in the transatlantic network. It serves to exchange views on a national and international level and organizes its own events for this purpose.

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Individual references, footnotes

  1. ^ German Atlantic Society: Presidium
  2. ↑ Status: 2014; German Atlantic Society: Mission Statement & Mission ( Memento from October 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ German Atlantic Society: Mission Statement & Mission [1] .
  4. ↑ Quotation: “The task of the German Atlantic Society is to inform about the politics of NATO and to promote it.” Source: Source: Lobbypedia ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link became automatic used and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Entry on "German Atlantic Society". Accessed March 10, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / lobbypedia.de
  5. ^ German Atlantic Society: Statute
  6. ^ Arnulf Baring : Foreign Policy in Adenauer's Chancellor Democracy. Bonn's contribution to the European defense community . Oldenbourg, Munich 1969. p. 10.
  7. ↑ Hans Ehlert : The NATO option . (= Beginnings of West German Security Policy 1945 - 1956 , published by the Military History Research Office , Vol. 3). Oldenbourg, Munich 1993. ISBN 3-486-51691-4 . P. 333.
  8. ↑ Martin Huber: The influence of the CSU on the western policy of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1954 to 1969 with regard to relations with France and the USA . Utz, Munich 2008. ISBN 978-3-8316-0760-0 . P. 49.
  9. ↑ YATA Germany: History ( Memento from December 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ YATA Germany: Mission Statement ( Memento from December 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive )