Secretary of State for Europe

As for European Affairs or Europe Secretary (also Europe-Secretary of State or EU) called, is a politician , the politician or a government organization the scope of matters relating to the European Union overlooks.

About the function

As the name implies, it is a State or a Secretary of State, which is usually a Ministry allocated and thus a minister is subordinate or a Minister. It is less common that there is a separate ministry, and the senior official is then called the European Minister - the function is the same. The presence of such a position is not mandatory.

In addition to coordinating and mediating activities, public relations work in matters of Europe is one of the tasks of such an office. Furthermore, the lower administrative levels such as cities and municipalities in the European border areas like to fall back on this person. Occasionally, award ceremonies of a European dimension also fall within the scope of duties. Another task of this position can be the preparation of the presidency of the Council of the European Union of the respective country, even the role of the President of the Council of the European Union he can assume. This is usually followed by dual functions in the field of justice, economics or the foreign ministry, some of which can extend to officially representing the respective minister. Interim orders are possible.

National

Germany

Examples of former and current European State Secretaries:

European Secretary of State Hans-Georg Kluge , Ministry of Justice and European Affairs , State of Brandenburg , Germany
Justice and European State Secretary Gustaf-Adolf Stange , State of Brandenburg , Germany
Justice and European State Secretary Peter Nissen , State of Schleswig-Holstein , Germany
Secretary of State for Europe Karsten Beneke , State of North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany

Secretary of State for Europe Werner Ballhausen , State of Saxony-Anhalt , Germany

Secretary of State for Europe Werner Hoyer , Foreign Office , Germany

Former Secretary of State for Europe Johann Böhm ( CSU ), State of Bavaria , Germany

Former Secretary of State for Europe Joachim Wuermeling , Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology , Germany

Austria

In Austria there was a State Secretary for European Affairs 1990–2000 at the Federal Chancellery ( Austria joined the EU on January 1, 1995) in the Vranitzky and Gusenbauer governments, and again in 2005–2008 for the EU Council Presidency in the first half of 2006 (Gusenbauer government). The Austrian Foreign Minister has also been the official European Minister ( Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs , BMeiA) since 2007 .