Permanent representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union

Permanent representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union, Brussels
State level	Federation
position	Foreign representation
Supervisory authority	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Headquarters	Brussels
Authority management	Michael Clauss
Servants	190
Web presence	http://www.bruessel-eu.diplo.de/

The Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union is the diplomatic representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union , based in Brussels .

Duties of the permanent representation

The Permanent Mission has the function of an embassy , which it does not exercise towards a sovereign state , but towards an international organization - in this case the European Union. It has the task of conveying information between the Federal Republic and the European Union and of participating in European politics in the interests of Germany. To this end, the representation maintains close relationships with the EU Commission , the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers .

Departments of the permanent representation

The Permanent Representation has three departments and several units to handle its tasks:

• Politics department with the subdivisions: Foreign and Security Policy; Institutions of the EU; Military policy and armaments affairs; Coordination of counter-terrorism and prevention activities; Legal policy; Domestic politics; Development cooperation; Press and political public relations; Staff in the EU institutions; Family, senior, women and youth policy
• Economics department with the subdivisions: Foreign Economic Policy and Trade Policy; Competitiveness; Energy; Structural and competition policy; Telecommunications and Postal Policy, Information Society; Business law; Environment unit
• Finance department with the sub-departments: EU Economic and Monetary Policy; EU budget, own revenue, fight against fraud, financial instruments, statute; EU tax issues; EU customs issues; Financial aspects of other EU policies; Financial Services Unit
• As well as the presentations:
  • Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Unit
  • Department for Transport, Building and Urban Development
  • Department for Labor and Social Affairs
  • Health Unit
  • Department for Education and Research

Permanent representatives

See also : List of German ambassadors to the European Union

The permanent representatives with the rank of ambassador are diplomats from the Federal Foreign Office:

• 1993 to 1999: Dietrich von Kyaw
• 1999 to 2007: Wilhelm Schönfelder
• 2007 to 2010: Edmund Duckwitz
• 2010 to 2014: Peter Tempel
• 2014 to 2018: Reinhard Silberberg
• since 2018: Michael Clauß

You represent the Federal Republic in the Committee of Permanent Representatives II.

The deputy permanent representatives are federal officials from the second coordinating ministry, usually the Federal Ministry of Economics . Up to now it was Jochen Grünhage , Peter Witt and Guido Peruzzo , currently in the post of Peter Rösgen .

You represent the Federal Republic in the Committee of Permanent Representatives I.

See also

• Representations of the member states in the European Union
• Representation of the GDR to the European Community in Brussels

Web links

• Homepage of the permanent representation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ EBD actor report: New deputy Permanent representative of Germany to the EU: Dr. Peter Rösgen