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The event is organized by the Collegium Civitas Władysław Bartoszewski Chair and the Bronisław Komorowski Center for Political Practice at Collegium Civitas.

After a short statement by the guest, students are invited to actively take part in the discussion

About Dr. Hans-Gert Pöttering

(born in 1945 in Bersenbrueck – Lower Saxony, Germany) is a German politician, member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

1979 – 2014 Member of the European Parliament (only deputy elected continuously).

1984 – 1994 Chairman of the subcommittee on „Security and Disarmament”.

1994 – 1996 Supervisor of EPP/EPP group’s working group on „Intergovernmental Conference 1996″, drafting of the EPP position on the Amsterdam Treaty.

1996 – 1999 Supervisor of EPP/EPP group’s working group „Enlargement of the European Union”.

1997 – 1999 President of „Europa-Union” Germany.

1999 – 2007 Chairman of the EPP-ED (christian democrats) group in the European Parliament.

1999 – 2009 Member of the Federal Board of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU, Germany), Member of the Federal Executive Committee.

1999 – 2009 Member of the Executive Committee of the European People´s Party EPP.

January 2007 – July 2009 12th President of the European Parliament.

2008 – 2009 President of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly EMPA. 2008 – 2014 Chairman of the Working Group on the Middle East in the European Parliament.

Since January 2010 Chairman of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.