Contributors: José Manuel Barroso, Elmar Brok, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Ingo Friedrich, Hartmut Nassauer, Hans-Gert Poettering, Günter Rinsche, Wolfgang Schüssel, Bernhard Vogel, Karl von Wogau, Markus Arens, Colin Dürkop and Falk von Hoff

ASEAN and the European Union have been partners for 25 years in a world that is undergoing rapid changes. The need for a cooperation based on trust includes the wish for more information about each other and permanent contacts and talks with one another. With this book, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung wishes to let authoritative personalities from the European Council, the European Commission and the European Parliament share their insights about the institutions. This book is also meant as an indispensable compendium of the major European institutions and a praxis-oriented handbook for establishing contacts with the European players.