EU-Russia Forum
The EU-Russia Forum is a platform for dialogue and political interaction between the European Union and Russia . It is supported by the EU Commission , the Russian Presidential Administration and European research institutions. The forum is organized by the German Society for Foreign Policy eV (DGAP for short) .
history
Since the opening event of the EU-Russia Forum in Berlin in January 2000, the event has taken place once or twice a year at different locations in Europe . As part of the events, experts from politics, business, science and society will discuss the political and economic interplay between the EU countries and Russia. It deals with questions of foreign, security and energy policy as well as political, economic and cultural background issues. The individual events aim at a fundamental understanding in view of the existing forms of cooperation and mutual dependence between the EU and Russia.
Among the well-known discussion participants so far were u. a. Javier Solana ( High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union ), Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy in the European Commission), Sergei Karaganov (Chairman of the Russian Council for Foreign and Defense Policy), Sergei Jastrschembski (Former advisor to the President of the Russian Federation), Gernot Erler (Minister of State in the Foreign Office) and Volker Rühe (Former Federal Minister of Defense).
The EU-Russia Forum 2000 to 2009
| year | theme | place |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1st EU-Russia Forum: "A New Security and Economic Dialogue between Russia and the EU" | Berlin, Germany |
| 2000 | 2nd EU-Russia Forum | Moscow, Russia |
| 2000 | 3rd EU-Russia Forum | Berlin, Germany |
| 2001 | 4th EU-Russia Forum: "Russia and the EU - can the gap be bridged?" | Moscow, Russia |
| 2001 | 5th EU-Russia Forum | Vienna, Austria |
| 2002 | 6th EU-Russia Forum | Berlin, Germany |
| 2002 | 7th EU-Russia Forum: "NATO-EU-Russia: Together Against New International Security Threats" | Prague, Czech Republic |
| 2003 | 8th EU-Russia Forum: "Common European Policy: Challenges in the New World" | Rome, Italy |
| 2004 | 9th EU-Russia Forum: "Common Foreign Policy Goals and Challenges for Russia and the EU" | Berlin, Germany |
| 2006 | 10th EU-Russia Forum: "Russia and the German EU Presidency" | Berlin, Germany |
| 2007 | 11th EU-Russia Forum: "Russia and the EU: Developing a Common Strategy" | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 2007 | 12th EU-Russia Forum: "Russia and the EU: Responding to Global Competition Challenges" | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2009 | 13th EU-Russia Forum: "The Current State of the EU-Russia Relations" | Berlin, Germany |
| 2009 | 14th EU-Russia Forum: "Opportunities and Risks of the EU-Russia Relations" | Stockholm, Sweden |
Web links
- http://www.eu-russia-forum.net - website of the EU-Russia forum
- Federal Agency for Civic Education: Dossier Russia - European Union
- Relations between the EU and Russia (PDF; 64 kB) in the series Current Term - Europe of Scientific Services from October 26, 2011, publisher: German Bundestag, author: Dr. Roland Derksen, trainee Marcel Zimmermann
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated December 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
