The United States and the European Union

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1 III i ii111 IIIII mil mil urn inn mi mi A/ The United States and the European Union Edited by With Contributions by Jose Manuel Barroso Doris Pack Elmar Brok Hans-Gert Poettering Benita Ferrero-Waldner Giinter Rinsche Falk-Ulrich von Hoff Bernhard Vogel Werner Langen Norbert Wagner Angela Merkel Karl von Wogau Hartmut Nassauer

2 Table of Contents Foreword Bernhard Vogel President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Angela Merkel President of the Council of the European Union Federal Chancellor of Germany Hans-Gert Poettering President of the European Parliament Jose Manuel Durao Barroso President of the EU Commission vii xi xiii xvii EU-US Relations 3 Benita Ferrero-Waldner Commissioner of Foreign Relations and Neighborhood Policy Stability and Efficiency 9 Common Perspectives and Requirements in the Era of Globalization Giinter Rinsche Member of the Board of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Member of the Board of the European People's Party (EPP) The Evolution and Tasks of the Delegations of the European Parliament 17 Hartmut Nassauer Member of the European Parliament; Vice-President of the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED-Group) Chairman of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

3 iv THE UNITED STATES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION The Impact of the German CDU/CSU- Delegation in the European Parliament 27 Werner Langen Member of the European Parliament; Chairman of the German Delegation in the EPP-ED-Group Tradition, Identity and Future: Basic Issues concerning European Culture Policy 33 Doris Pack Member of the European Parliament; Member of the Committee on Culture and Education; Chairwoman of the Delegation for the relations with the countries of southeast Europe The United States and its Relations with the European Union 41 Elmar Brok Member of the European Parliament; Chairman of the Committee of Foreign Affairs ( ) Towards a European Security and Defence Union 47 Karl von Wogau Member of the European Parliament; Chairman of the Subcommittee on Security and Defense International Cooperation in the Konrad Adenauer Foundation 55 Director, International Division, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Berlin Fostering Transatlantic Dialogue: Aims and Objectives of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Washington 63 Norbert Wagner Director, Konrad Adenauer Foundation Washington The Main European Institutions a Short Introduction 69 Falk-Ulrich von Hoff

4 Table of Contents Annex: Institutions, Positions, Names, Addresses I. European Parliament Parliament's Bureau Conference of Presidents Parlamentary Committees Chairmen/Chairwomen of the Committees German Committee Members of the EPP-ED-Group Interparliamentary Delegations Chairmen/Chairwomen of the Interparliamentary Delegations German Members of the EPP-ED-Group in the Interparliamentary Delegations Members of the European Parliament Ill 10. Secretary-General of the European Parliament Cabinet of the President 112 II. Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Members of the Presidency Heads of National Delegations of the EPP-ED-Group EPP-ED-Group Coordinators in the Parliamentary Committees Secretariat of the EPP-ED-Group in the European Parliament 116 III. German Delegation Board of the German-Delegation in the EPP-ED-Group Members of the German-Delegation 117 IV. European Commission Members of the Barroso Commission ( ) Secretariat-General External Delegations, Representations and Offices 125

5 V. Council of the European Union 127 VI. European Institutions, Agencies and other Bodies 129 VII. History of the European Union 133 VEIL Berlin Declaration of the EU 139 About the Authors 145