The Paneuropean Working Group in the

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...

was established in 1985 by

Otto von Habsburg Otto von Habsburg (german: Franz Joseph Otto Robert Maria Anton Karl Max Heinrich Sixtus Xaver Felix Renatus Ludwig Gaetan Pius Ignatius, hu, Ferenc József Ottó Róbert Mária Antal Károly Max Heinrich Sixtus Xaver Felix Renatus Lajos Gaetan ...

. It aims at bringing Members of the European Parliament together, who follow the vision and principles of

Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi Richard Nikolaus Eijiro, Count of Coudenhove-Kalergi (16 November 1894 – 27 July 1972) was an Austrian-Japanese politician, philosopher and Count of Coudenhove-Kalergi. A pioneer of European integration, he served as the founding president of ...

. Already after the end of the First World War, he formulated his thoughts about a common Europe in freedom, rule of law and peace. Since 2009, the Austrian Member of the European Parliament, Paul Rübig is the elected President of the Working Group, after he had served already several years as Vice-President. Previous presidents were

Nicolas Estgen Nicolas Estgen (28 February 1930 – 26 December 2019) was a Luxembourgish politician for the Christian Social People's Party and head teacher. He sat in the European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the Legislature, legislat ...

Leo Tindemans Leonard Clemence "Leo" Tindemans (; 16 April 1922 – 26 December 2014) was a Belgian politician. He served as the prime minister of Belgium serving from 25 April 1974 until he resigned as minister on 20 October 1978. He was a member of the Chr ...

(1994-1999) and Ingo Friedrich (1999–2009).Ingo Friedrich übergibt den Vorsitz der Paneuropa-Arbeitsgruppe im Europäischen Parlament
, Presse release of Dr. Ingo Friedrich, 24 June 2009.

Activities

Once a month, every Tuesday during the Strasbourg plenary week of the European Parliament, the Working Group invites high-ranking personalities from politics, business, religions and culture into the European Parliament. The group wants to encourage networking between the Members of the European Parliament, in order to establish open debates and to find common solutions for the problems of a common in a globalized world. Additionally, the group also organizes also events in

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References

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